In the 19th century, preserved bodies were not only ceremonially unveiled; owning one became a status symbol. “It would be ...

Practices of embalming mummies differed across cultures and regions, with experts having studied a plethora of ways. Though they were analyzed at large, not every practice was known to researchers or ...

(HYDERABAD, India) -- A man who kept the embalmed body of his mother at home in a glass casket for 21 years was buried along with her after his death, a relative said Tuesday. Hundreds of residents on ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Perhaps none of the communist legacies shared by Vietnam and North Korea highlighted during Kim Jong Un’s “goodwill visit” to Hanoi is stranger than the embalmed leaders on display ...