A lawsuit filed by relatives of a South Gate father claims a funeral home botched the embalming of the dead man, leaving his ...

As the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis at the age of 88, the Vatican has begun the solemn process of laying the pontiff to rest — a process steeped in centuries-old Catholic tradition and ...

Researchers found a centuries-old mummy from Austria exceptionally well preserved – likely the result of a never-before reported embalming method using wood chips, twigs, fabric, and zinc chloride The ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to analyze the composition of scents given off by mummies ...