Père-Lachaise Cemetery, formal name Cimetiere de l’Est (“Cemetery of the East”), cemetery and park located on the northeast side of Paris, France. Situated on some 110 acres (44.5 hectares), amid more than 5,000 trees, it is both the largest park and the largest cemetery in Paris. Estimates concerning the number of people buried there vary […]
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Rare Spider Hides Out in London Cemetery Vaults for 150 Years
A rare species of orb weaver spider, Meta bourneti, turned up in the vaults of London’s Highgate Cemetery where it may have been lying low for the past 150 years. As an orb weaver, the species requires total darkness, so archeologists think the tombs made a perfect hideout for the spider, which normally lives in […]
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Archaeologists Discover Sixteen Pyramids in Ancient Cemetery
In Gematon, an ancient town in Sudan, sixteen pyramids have been discovered inside a cemetery dating back two thousand years. The largest pyramid was around thirty-five feet long and forty-three feet tall, dating back to the period when the Kush Kingdom flourished Sudan. Kushites were known for pyramid building from 800 B.C. until their kingdom […]
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