Coffins tend to be made of wood, while caskets can contain a variety of materials, with wood and metal being the most common.

Three tombs from the Western Han dynasty have been discovered, one of which is intact and contains bronze, ceramic, and ...

Laid to rest in a double lead-lined casket, McKinley was lowered into a 10-foot-grave encased in concrete and surrounded by a ...

It’s been more than 150 years since Vale Cemetery opened and on Tuesday workers there prepped to re-bury human remains that ...

It was a funeral two years in the making. The deceased had laid in a morgue in Greater Accra, Ghana, biding his time in icy torpor as plans were made for his final journey. There was financing to be ...

As more people worry about their environmental footprint in both life and death, one cemetery operator is offering a unique ...

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we check out a new green burial option available in Canada, see where companies' climate targets are going and find out how well compostable dishes and ...

Swedish archaeologists recently found an "unusual" Viking-era coffin dating back over 1,100 years. The discovery was announced by Arkeologerna, an archaeological organization affiliated with the ...