The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society invites community members to a free event uncovering the historical Chinese burial customs of Santa Barbara, 10:30 a.m., Saturday, May 4 at the Santa ...

Preliminary IAA inspection of the 3,300-year-old cave at Palmachim National Park, September 13, 2022. (Credit: Emil Eljam/IAA.) Listen An unprecedented archeological find in Israel is giving people a ...

Death is a shared commonality of the human condition, yet the rituals that attend it vary significantly across cultures and religions. The one commonality is that while the nature of death itself does ...

The pandemic accelerated shifts in death care, pushing funeral homes to adopt technology and livestream services as families faced surges in loss and sought safer, more flexible mourning options.

The Bronze Age Xiaohe culture (ca. 1950–1400 BCE) is renowned for its distinctive funerary practices and exceptional organic preservation, largely due to its location in a hyperarid environment.

Ancient Romans and Greeks placed coins in the mouth of the deceased for passage through the mythological Styx; memorials are dedicated to victims of genocide; vultures consume bodies in the high ...

The plaintiffs say the policy to lower the casket only after mourners' leave has been discriminatorily enforced against Jewish mourners.