A return to dust and ashes is inevitable but how human remains can make the transition is up for debate in Connecticut, with legalization of terramation again before the legislature. Former Rep.

“Many people have sniffed mummies, of course,” says Matija Strlič, a professor of analytical chemistry at the University of Ljubljana and a professor of heritage science at University College London.

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A new study challenges previous claims about the "Mysterious Lady" mummy, raising questions about how ancient remains are ...

The bodies of all types of people probably come through Houston’s Memorial Mortuary and Crematory. However, when the remains ...

The family of Francisco Quintanilla is suing La Paz Funeral Services for sending them the wrong body for an open-casket ...

An ancient Egyptian woman thought to have been pregnant and dying of cancer was actually just embalmed with a technique that ...

A California funeral home has been accused of shipping the wrong body of a loved one to his family in El Salvador and then ...

A Texas embalmer allegedly abused the corpse of a sex offender by removing the dead man's penis and placing it in the mouth of the dead body. It occurred in the presence of a witness who, according to ...

Amber Laudermilk, a former mortuary worker, is charged with abuse of a corpse for allegedly castrating a man and putting the detached genitals in his mouth.

She started to find death “fascinating” and “intriguing” and went to mortuary school – where she learned everything from funeral history, anatomy to embalming. Now she spends her days ...