Possible human remains were found this week during an investigation into a shed fire at a Victorville residence. Firefighters ...

The tourists first thought they had found fossils while exploring South Carolina's Edisto Island. Then they realized the ...

Cemeteries are running out of space, and cremation damages the environment, but there are other ways we could honour our dead ...

Human and animal bones were found inside the 1,500-year-old Bromeswell bucket. A double-sided comb was also discovered.

Archaeologists found missing pieces of a sixth century vessel from the famed Sutton Hoo site, as well as the cremated human remains and other objects it once held.

A Thai undertaker received a windfall when he sold a stash of gold teeth he had collected from cremated bodies. The funeral home worker, Somboon, cashed in the scrap dental implants at a jewellery ...

Once cremation is complete, only bones remain. These are referred to as ashes and are handed over to the family, who often immerse them in a river or other running water, believed to be ...

In Buddhist belief, the spirits of the uncremated remain trapped between worlds and cannot be reincarnated until monks perform the proper rites. “Spirits without cremation still roam,” said Mr ...

One exception is a mention from the Spanish conquistador Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, who reported that the cremated bones of holy men were ground up and drunk by South Texas indigenous inhabitants.