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Josephine Baker Will Be the First Black Woman Buried in Paris’s Panthéon

Josephine Baker in Hamburg in 1925.

Josephine Baker Will Be the First Black Woman Buried in Paris’s Panthéon

11 Graves in Unexpected Places

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11 Graves in Unexpected Places

The Town Where the Dead Outnumber the Living

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The Town Where the Dead Outnumber the Living

Researchers Uncover 29 Graves at the Original Site of a Razed Black Cemetery in Clearwater, Florida

Clearwater, Florida, from above.

Researchers Uncover 29 Graves at the Original Site of a Razed Black Cemetery in Clearwater, Florida

The Hidden Meanings Behind 11 Common Tombstone Symbols

Tombstone symbols can sometimes be hard to interpret.

The Grandson of Warren G. Harding's Mistress Wants to Prove His Presidential Lineage—By Exhuming Harding's Body

Warren G. Harding looking dapper in June 1920.

Confederate Monuments Are Coming Down Across the Country—And Historians Aren’t Surprised

Next month, the city council will vote on the removal of this Confederate statue in Pensacola, Florida.

The Tallest Cemetery Monument in New Orleans Was Built Out of Spite

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The Arlington National Cemetery Just Opened Its Time Capsule from 1915—See What’s Inside

That red ribbon is the literal "red tape" that we now use as an idiom to describe bureaucratic processes.

10 Facts About Westminster Abbey

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8 Momentous Facts About Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

An illustration of Abraham Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address from 1905.

The Russian Countess Who Supposedly Wanted Company in Her Tomb

Elisabeth Demidoff's tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris

5 Cemetery Road Trips for the Ultimate Taphophile

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A ‘Lost’ Viking Graveyard Was Discovered in Norway

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7 of the World’s Most Fascinating and Beautiful Catacombs

A cross stands in the Roman catacombs

Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory: New Exhibition Exploring the Afterlife to Open at Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery

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