Scientists have discovered what’s thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia, dating back up to ...

Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier ...

Imagine thinking you're going to see your dead relative at a funeral home for a viewing and they hand you some ashes.

Perhaps a green burial is the least we can do to repay the planet for all it has given us and all the damage we’ve caused. Thinking about death is complicated; it can bring up fear and stress, even ...

Authorities in Chihuahua have found 381 embalmed bodies at an allegedly illegal crematorium in Ciudad Juárez. The case dates back to at least 2023. Authorities in the northern Mexican state of ...

Mummification is one of the most well known ancient burial practices — most commonly tied to ancient Egypt. The practice of preserving and ritually treating a body in preparation for the afterlife ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The death and suspected murder of 12-year-old Brogan Duhon sent ripples through Southwest Louisiana three years ago. Brogan Duhon died from complications of malnutrition, ...

Centuries ago, embalming traditions varied from place to place. In some cultures, bodies of the deceased were carefully prepared for spiritual reasons, while in others they were simply buried where ...

The mummy of the 'air-dried chaplain' in his coffin in the church crypt of St. Thomas am Blasenstein, Austria. Credit: Andreas Nerlich. Researchers have examined a mummy from a small Austrian village ...

When you hear the word mummy, chances are you think of ancient Egypt. Many different cultures embalmed their deceased, however, and scientists have just found a particularly unexpected case. As ...

MUNICH — The rectum isn’t typically associated with mummification techniques, but scientists have just discovered that’s exactly how an 18th-century Austrian priest became one of Europe’s ...