The demographics in Georgia are changing, and so is the way people choose to ceremoniously depart this world. Embalming, or the practice of preserving a body to delay decomposition, was the ...

If you have ever stood close to an ancient Egyptian mummy, you may remember a distinctive, lingering odor. For a long time, it was assumed that this was simply due to age and decay. However, ...

Walking through the doors of the Graveface Museum in Savannah feels like crossing into a world where the strange, the eerie, and the deeply fascinating all coexist. Located at 410 East Lower Factors ...

The finding, along with the discovery of a 500,000-year-old hammer made of bone, indicates that our human ancestors were making tools even earlier than archaeologists thought. By Franz Lidz Early ...

This October, Marietta's own William Root House Museum is rolling out the black crepe for a Victorian-style funeral experience that will immerse visitors in the macabre atmosphere of 19th-century ...

Step inside one of the most unusual and fascinating museums in the U.S. - the hidden Funeral Museum in Marshalltown, Iowa. In Part I of this special feature, the History Seekers guide you through a ...

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In the charming riverside town of Marietta, there’s a place where visitors willingly spend their afternoon surrounded by hearses, embalming tools, and vintage caskets – and they’re having a ...

LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Grieving parents in Pierce County are suing a funeral home they say mishandled their daughter's body. Ashleigh and Michael Thornburg said they signed a contract and paid for their ...

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Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The history of embalming in America is deeply rooted in both necessity and cultural ...