President Abraham Lincoln died on April 15th, 1865, mere hours after John Wilkes Booth inflicted the mortal gunshot wound, but his body had to survive a 19-day train ride across the country before ...

But it's a job that embalmer and funeral director Amy Kilbride enjoys. "The deceased is a vessel where life once existed," she said. "I still treat that person with respect, but the spark that made ...

The phenolic and naphthalene derivatives probably originated from smouldering wood, with the methoxyphenols arising from lignin-degradation products that resulted from the pyrolysis of soft coniferous ...

Embalming, the process of preserving a dead body, is becoming a more common practice in Japan. The procedure uses a combination of disinfection, preservation and cosmetic restoration, offering ...

In light of Pope Francis’ death on April 21, Catholic authorities are preparing the much-anticipated process to decide upon his successor. However, many people are wondering about a more burning ...

A mummy buried in Southern Egypt more than 5,000 years ago has revealed its grisly secrets, shedding new light on prehistoric embalming practices. Researchers from the Universities of York, Oxford and ...

The ancient Egyptians developed sophisticated embalming treatments far earlier and across a wider geographical area than had been previously known, forensic tests on a well-known prehistoric mummy ...

As the Catholic Church convenes its highest authorities to replace the late Pope Francis, the preservation of his body remains an immediate concern. Pope Francis who died on Easter Monday aged 88, ...

For millennia, humans have used different methods to preserve the deceased, from Egyptian mummification to modern embalming. While embalming is common in the United States, there is growing interest ...