But they soon discovered several restrictions that made organizing a green burial almost impossible. After Kyle Moore died, his parents Terry and Shirley became advocates for green burial in their ...

Ancient civilizations approached passing differently. While today’s embalmers use just enough preservative for a dignified farewell, the Egyptians went all in. For them, passing to the afterlife ...

A striking discovery has emerged from the sands of Al-Bahansa, Egypt, where archaeologists uncovered 13 golden tongues and nails inside tombs from the Greco-Roman period, older than 2,000 years. These ...

The Corpse Who Came to Dinner explores the strange case of Jean Stevens, the Pennsylvania widow who exhumed and kept the embalmed bodies of her husband and twin sister in her home.

Relatives of a man who died of heart problems are suing a Montebello mortuary, saying they were “horrified” that the embalming was done so poorly that liquid was oozing from the decedent’s face during ...

Kyle Moore was “the quintessential tree-hugger,” his father says. He was dedicated to shoreline conservation; he held a belief that people are part of the natural world, not apart from ...

At its heart, the ballet "Sleeping Beauty" is both a journey from birth to marriage for a princess, and a duel between the benevolent Lilac Fairy and the vengeful Carabosse..

Today, more and more people are ditching the traditional funeral options in favour of more modern, eco-friendly techniques.

Fresno County officials say they were “shocked” to learn that compost made from human remains was being spread on public land along the San Joaquin River in Central California.

The cost of saying goodbye is climbing. Here are some alternatives to traditional burials — and what to do when you can't ...

But this beautiful park is actually not a park at all. It’s a cemetery. Established in 1996, Ramsey Creek Preserve is largely considered the first modern green burial site in the United States. But is ...

In the Asasif necropolis on the west bank of Luxor in Upper Egypt, archaeologists have discovered a carefully organized ...