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burial site stories: 4 news summaries

Jackson's Body Will Head to Celeb-Stacked LA Mausoleum

Final funeral will be family, friends only

Aug 19, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson will be entombed in a Los Angeles-area mausoleum that’s the final Neverland of many other celebrities, the New York Post reports. The Holly Terrace section of the Great Mausoleum is reputedly the most secure section of Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. The same chamber hosts the... More »

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mausoleum • funeral • Michael Jackson • Clark Gable • burial site • Glendale • celebrity death • Forest Lawn cemetery

 Scientists 
 Sniff Out 
 Ancient Stash 
 of Pot 

2 lbs. of green plant material found in 2700 year-old grave

Dec 3, 08 5:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Scientists excavating a grave in China’s Gobi desert have found what they believe is the world’s oldest marijuana stash, reports Discovery News. Two pounds of still-green plant material were found in a 2,700-year-old grave belonging to a Caucasian man researchers believe may have been a shaman. More »

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China • discoveries • marijuana • scientists • ancient customs • burial site

(Newser) - Vikings were just as interested in preening and handicrafts as they were in war and pillaging, the Telegraph reports. In a bid to educate youngsters who could well have Viking ancestry, British researchers are trying to change the popular view of the Norse explorers. "It seems that the... More »

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fashion • archaeology • Vikings • Britain • Cambridge University • burial site • Norse

 1,300-Year-Old
 Mummy Found
 in Peru

Lima tomb pre-dates Incas

Aug 27, 08 4:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Archaeologists have discovered an ancient mummy in a tomb from a culture that flourished in Peru before the Incas. A complete female mummy, along with the remains of two other adults and a child, have been found in the Wari burial site in a residential district of Lima, Reuters reports.... More »

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Peru • mummy • tomb • Incas • Wari • burial site • Huaca Pucllana • Isabel Flores

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