The headline takeaway is scale and sensitivity: the team reported identifying 81 distinct VOCs. Those compounds clustered into four main ingredient groups linked to ancient embalming practice - fats ...

If you have ever stood close to an ancient Egyptian mummy, you may remember a distinctive, lingering odor. For a long time, ...

The historic cemetery is running out of space for new graves, and plans to offer a more sustainable alternative to cremation ...

How should families choose between green burial and cremation when planning end-of-life arrangements? That question is ...

As previously reported, Egyptian embalming is thought to have begun in the Predynastic Period or earlier, when people noticed that the arid desert heat tended to dry and preserve bodies buried in the ...

Scientists have developed new methods to recreate perfumes used during the ancient Egyptian mummification process, an advance that could lead to multisensory museum experiences in the future. In ...

Recent advances in biomolecular archaeology have revealed that ancient objects can retain the molecular fingerprints of past ...

Rep. Jessica LaMontagne became interested in natural funerals after witnessing a loved one’s home burial in Vermont.

Speaking with Dread Central, YouTuber and 'Iron Lung' filmmaker Markiplier called 'The Mortuary Assistant' "Haunting and ...

Scents from the past are being recreated using state of the art technology to give museum visitors a whiff of Egyptian ...

A family friend of a 20-year-old man who was found dead in a lift-shaft at a Turkish hotel has said she recognises they are ...

THE family of a Brit found dead at the bottom of a lift shaft on holiday claim the police probe into his death was “flawed”.