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 ...

The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Funeral Service program is celebrating 30 years of preparing funeral directors and ...

Jackie, a fourth-generation Lymn and a company director, was the sixth woman in the UK to qualify as an embalmer in the late 1970s, and now, in her 48th year working in the industry, she has announced ...

An Embalmer and Postmortem Reconstruction Specialist has opened up about his mindset towards the 'fear of death' and what he wants for his body.

The demographics in Georgia are changing, and so is the way people choose to ceremoniously depart this world. Embalming, or the practice of preserving a body to delay decomposition, was the preference ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to analyze the composition of scents given off by mummies ...

If you have ever stood close to an ancient Egyptian mummy, you may remember a distinctive, lingering odor. For a long time, it was assumed that this was simply due to age and decay. However, ...

Standing close to an Egyptian mummy, many people expect the smell of decay. Instead, researchers say that lingering “museum” scent is often the chemical echo of ancient embalming—oils, waxes, resins, ...

Authorities in Pennsylvania arrested a 28-year-old woman after co-sleeping allegedly led to the death of her 2-month-old son. Thalia Matos is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter and endangering ...

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. Bill Cornell often visits his son Caleb's plot at Penn Forest ...

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