After Moira Cathleen Delaney was diagnosed with an aggressive form of intestinal cancer, her thoughts eventually turned to her eventual death and what she wanted done with her body. Delaney’s love of ...

After death, some Marylanders are choosing to become soil instead of ashes ...

Archaeologists working at the ancient city of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt have unearthed a mummy with a passage from Homer’s “Iliad” stuck to its abdomen, in a first-of-its-kind discovery.

Oklahoma lawmakers approved a bill to legalize natural organic reduction — the composting of human remains. Gov. Kevin Stitt ...

Archaeologists excavating remains from Asylum Hill Cemetery on the UMMC campus have unearthed a rare, fully preserved cast ...

For years, Wairoa iwi have campaigned to stop the discharge of mortuary waste into the town's wastewater system.

Archaeologists have found a papyrus copy of Homer’s Iliad in the gut of an ancient Egyptian mummy, the first time ever that a ...

Brooke Hogan continues to seek answers nearly a year after the passing of Hulk Hogan, revealing new concerns about the status of his autopsy and the circumstances surrounding his final moments.

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England: a radical English hero or a racist, bloodthirsty bully-boy? Well, it depends on which ...

The discovery was made at Oxyrhynchus, an ancient burial site in central Egypt, by a team from the University of Barcelona ...

Delaware lawmakers are considering a bill to allow the cremation of unclaimed or indigent remains, as public spaces run low.