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<li><a href="//www.fieldmuseum.org/explore/krap">The Körös Regional Archaeological Project, Hungary</a></li>
<li><a href="//www.fieldmuseum.org/explore/diros">The Diros Project, Greece</a></li>
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Cultures of Europe and the Near East: Partnerships

Left: Slash’s groundsnake, Lielaphis slashi, in New Guinea. Photo credit: Chris Austin. Right: Slash and Sara Ruane at the Field Museum, with Sara’s copy of Reptiles Magazine featuring Slash on the cover. Photo courtesy of Sara Ruane.

Welcome to the jungle: newly-discovered snake named after Slash from Guns N’ Roses

Field Museum Establishes Endowed Legal Fellowship Honoring Cultural Heritage Law Pioneer Dr. Patty Gerstenblith

The slab-stone roof of a subterranean tomb on residential Terrace 925 at El Palmillo, Santiago Matatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico (ca. 700–850 CE). The image foreground is the surface of a domestic patio with small remnants of white plaster, while the tomb was situated under a room of the house (positioned on the terrace). Note the small carved stone, which was part of the patio banquette in front of the tomb. When in use, the tomb was entered from the patio.

Societies around the world have buried their dead at home. Anthropologists want to understand why the practice started, and why it has largely disappeared.