The premise of a green burial, say advocates of the practice, is to return us to the Earth, replenish it and help it to outlive us.

A Mississippi funeral home was left stunned when a body bag began to move. The man inside had miraculously come back to life!

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

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

Ben Vos, a coordinator at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s on-site mortuary, walked CNN Travel through the strict protocol he ...

On the court, Sylvia Fowles was known as “Big Syl.” A 6-foot-6 center, the former MVP was known for her ability to battle for ...

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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 ...

A newly translated papyrus from ancient Egypt dating back 3,500 years provides a rare insight into Egyptian embalming techniques. The ancient medical text details a procedure never identified before ...

Autopsy allows you to remove or replace body parts from a corpse using the preparation place. All body parts have a different effect on the corpse, which we're covering in depth in this Graveyard ...

TOKYO (The Japan News/ANN): Embalming, the process of preserving a dead body, is becoming a more common practice in Japan. The procedure uses a combination of disinfection, preservation and cosmetic ...

Embalming, the process of preserving a dead body, is becoming a more common practice in Japan. The procedure uses a combination of disinfection, preservation and cosmetic restoration, offering ...