On August 28, the tomb of Saint Teresa of Ávila was reopened, revealing that the state of preservation of her body had not ...

"Human composting is just one more example of ... about the negative environmental impacts of burial, cremation, and embalming." Washington Post via Getty Images Americans are moving away from ...

Embalming became an art—practiced in booths ... where the Inca offered human sacrifices to their Gods. Over the years, some 115 of these sacrificial mummies have been found in the high Andes.

Some people in the field focus on handling human remains, while others concentrate ... to receive a license that only pertains to either embalming or funeral direction, other states require ...

This tissue preservation can happen by accident or through human intervention but ... of artificially preserving a dead body is called "embalming," and the methods used are as varied as the ...

Bunbury embalmers share what it takes to prepare a dead human body for a viewing or funeral ... Blaine Little has embalmed thousands of bodies. Embalming is not a job for the faint-hearted ...

Visitors tour the site in the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, where archaeologists unearthed two human and animal embalming workshops, as well as two tombs, on May 27, 2023. — KHALED DESOUKI/AFP ...

including embalming fluid, are used and where remains are buried in a biodegradable casket. The dozens of extra human remains were removed on 13 October and transported to the El Paso County ...

Human composting was first legalized in Washington ... Around 20 million feet of wood, 4.3 million gallons of embalming ...

As many as 800 families across the country who patronized a Carlinville funeral home may never know if the remains on their ...

Why has embalming become a routine feature of American ... although the necessity for such must arise in the course of human events. What hope is there for the person who would like to forgo ...

Thyme is a popular herb that can be used dried or fresh, but it's for more than just throwing into a pot of soup. Here are ...