Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jessica Thompson and team members excavating and mapping the pyre. (CREDIT: Grace Veatch) A team led by University of Oklahoma ...

Archaeologists have discovered Africa’s oldest known cremation pyre at the base of Mount Hora in Malawi. According to a paper published in the journal Science Advances, radiocarbon testing dates the ...

Burned bone fragments found in northern Malawi have revealed the oldest cremation pyre ever found in Africa — and unearthed new mysteries that may be hard to solve. By analyzing the bones and pyre ...