A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ...

Aquamation, also known as alkaline hydrolysis, liquefies remains in a chamber containing water and an alkali chemical at a ...

As a so-called green cemetery, the bodies buried at Panorama are placed in the earth in biodegradable boxes or burial shrouds, rather than metal caskets or concrete vaults. Toxic embalming ...

Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk, is no ordinary archaeological site. Discovered in 1939, it stunned historians with its 7th-century ...

Washington is expected to become the first state to legalize an environmentally-friendly burial alternative that turns bodies into soil within weeks. A bill allowing “natural organic reduction ...

Vatican officials today opened the Vatican Grottoes beneath St. Peter's Basilica for public viewing of the papal burial site. Clutching rosaries, medals and flowers, thousands of people filed past ...

The unusual burial at Çemka Höyük—Turkish for “mound by the water”—took place during what archaeologists call the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (PPNA) period, a transitional stage of human ...

A cast of the burial, shown here, allows viewers to see the skeletons in three dimensions. The children’s teeth reveal their ages to be five and seven. Four perfectly shaped arrowheads in the ...

There are just eight burial plots left at the island’s only government-owned cemetery, according to testimony Tuesday for a bill that would give the Department of Parks and Recreation about 11 ...

When shopping for a TV, one of the first things you'll need to decide on is size. Too small and you'll be squinting at your favourite shows, while too big a TV will dominate the room and you won't be ...

Lois Borny works on the product review section of The Independent, IndyBest, where she helps readers to save money and shop savvy, scouting out the very best deals and sharing her tried and tested ...