How did Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's body remain intact for 125 days? Here's how modern embalming, cryogenic storage and preservation techniques reportedly made it possible.

From cardboard coffins and natural burials to water-based cremation, Australians are increasingly open to alternative farewells – but the key is to plan ...

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The question of what happens when we die is an ancient one, but new research suggests that our brains can actually continue ...

Tucked into a nondescript warehouse development in Howard County, along winding roads lined with semi trucks, sits a facility ...

A do-it-yourself casket for a pet is as close as most get today. I've heard of people paying a carpenter to build a casket for a dog, and I get it. Just placing a pet in the ground doesn't seem loving ...

Among the many fascinating stories of the Mughal Empire, few are as unusual as that of Emperor Jahangir. The fourth Mughal ...

State prosecutors say 251 sets of remains have been returned to relatives. The owner remains on the run, and no sanctions ...

Prosecutors in downstate Cumberland County revealed the shocking details behind the discovery of a dismembered body in Lake Mattoon last month. Those prosecutors allege that two individuals tried to ...

More than 100 years after her death, Rosalia Lombardo continues to captivate the world. Preserved inside a glass coffin in ...

Plans for Napa County’s first green burial cemetery, hailed by proponents as a natural extension of land conservation work, ...

HOUSTON – Disturbing new details have emerged in the mysterious death of 34-year-old Houston woman Brittany Gamble and her family is demanding accountability. An autopsy report obtained by KPRC 2 News ...