The practice dates back to the Victorian era, when an airtight seal on a coffin was necessary to prevent the potent effects of decay in above-ground burials. Members of the Royal Family and ...

Diogo Jota's funeral was held on July 5, and heartbreaking images emerged of his emotional wife Rute Cardoso with the coffin. One photo showed Cardoso, who married Jota just 11 days before he died ...

Four years after the remains of a Black nun were unearthed and exhibited no visible signs of decay, the small Missouri town of Gower has become an unexpected pilgrimage destination. Hundreds of ...

To delay decay, embalmers can drain the blood and other fluids from a corpse and replace it with embalming fluids they inject into the veins. These chemicals, which act as preservatives, stop the ...

Maybe they're onto something. Coffin Drop There are few things as quintessentially English as queues and the Queen. Queen Elizabeth II’s death, at the ripe old age of 96, and her impending ...

Funeral homes are now offering bright pink Barbie-themed coffins. Jam Press Alpha and Omega Funeral Home in Ahuachapán, El Salvador, offers a Barbie-themed coffin, though they were ahead of the ...