Walter Williams, 78, was pronounced dead by medical staff and transported to a Mississippi funeral home in a body bag. But ...

Farmer Walter Williams was mistakenly pronounced dead and about to be embalmed when he woke up inside a body bag at a funeral ...

Walter Williams was pronounced dead and about to be embalmed when he woke up inside a body bag at a funeral home.

A British family allegedly tried to fly a deceased grandmother from Malaga to London, sparking delays, backlash, and debate ...

What does it mean when families ask for a green burial, and how does it differ from other options? A HelloNation article featuring Funeral Coordinator Naomi Bradbury-Marchand of Bradbury Memorial ...

MANILA, Philippines — His work begins when someone dies. The dead is brought to him and laid on a steel table in a fluorescent-lit, refrigerator-cold room reeking of formalin, where he prepares the ...

Researchers have examined a mummy from a small Austrian village and found a mix of unusual materials has been used to preserve the body. Stuffed with twigs, wood chips, and treated with zinc chloride, ...

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The mummy of the ‘air-dried chaplain’ in his coffin in the church crypt of St. Thomas am Blasenstein, Austria. Credit: Andreas Nerlich. Credit: Andreas Nerlich Researchers discovered a centuries-old ...

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 ...