Oct 28th, 2007 · In New Orleans' Holt Cemetery, the dead are very close. That's because in the Big Easy, you hit water just two feet down. Unlike most of the city's cemeteries, where bodies are buried in above-ground tombs, Holt Cemetery's graves are underground.
Jun 2nd, 2007 · A recent NPR-National Geographic Radio Expedition to Guatemala focused on efforts to save ancient Mayan sites from tomb looters. Weekend Edition's Peter Breslow reads us a page from his producer's notebook.
May 29th, 2007 · The world's second oldest profession? Tomb raiding. To combat the problem, American dealers and museums increasingly require a paper trail documenting a relic's ownership, but looters are just taking their business to Japan and Europe.
May 28th, 2007 · On Memorial Day, President Bush honored those who have lost their lives fighting for the United States, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.
May 28th, 2007 · In archaeological sites throughout the world, antiquities are plundered for sale. U.S. agents says the looting is epidemic. One archaeologist working in Guatemala has launched a battle to save an ancient city from looters.
Feb 27th, 2007 · Titanic director James Cameron says he has found the remains of Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalene and a son named Judah. Scholars are skeptical. A documentary, The Lost Tomb of Jesus, will debut March 4 on the Discovery Channel.
Nov 29th, 2006 · Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko died last week from radiation poisoning. But questions linger about who was responsible. Journalist David Remnick discusses the threat of violence in President Vladamir Putin's Russia. Renee Montagne talks to Remnick, author of the book Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire.
Oct 23rd, 2006 · Ancient Egyptian pharaohs apparently did not mind sharing the afterlife with their dentists. Tomb robbers were caught in Egypt two months ago. Their digging led authorities to three graves of royal dentists. They are close to the oldest pyramid of an Egyptian king. And their location may suggest how carefully Egyptian kings minded their teeth 4,000 years ago. One tombs carries a warning: Anyone who violates the grave will be eaten by a crocodile and a snake.