Archaeologists thought they had mummification wrapped up. But a new analysis of ancient Egyptian embalming suggests that they have underestimated this sophisticated funerary practice. Pharaonic ...

Ancient Egyptians used sophisticated combinations of natural substances to embalm the human body. Over time, they modified their recipes to balance quality of preservation with cost and availability ...

Renard Matthews, 18, was killed in a robbery earlier this year. His family chose for his body to be displayed using "extreme embalming." Matthews was posed in a chair, wearing a basketball jersey, ...

A mummy buried in Southern Egypt more than 5,000 years ago has revealed its grisly secrets, shedding new light on prehistoric embalming practices. Researchers from the Universities of York, Oxford and ...

Burying the bodies of our loved ones has long been restricted primarily to embalming and cremation in the U.S. However, both of those involve turning your body into an environmental disaster. Now, as ...

A mummy buried in Southern Egypt more than 5,000 years ago has revealed its grisly secrets, shedding new light on prehistoric embalming practices. Researchers from the Universities of York, Oxford and ...

For thousands of years, ancient Egyptians carefully mummified the bodies of their dead in readiness for the afterlife. But the origins of the ritual are still shrouded in mystery. A team of chemists ...

A study published on the Journal of Archaeological Science and the University of York website has revealed that scientists carried several forensic tests on an ancient Egyptian mummy, which proves ...

Long durations of exposure to formaldehyde used for embalming in the funeral industry were associated with an increased risk of death from myeloid leukemia, according to a new study published online ...

November 30, 2009 — Among people working in the funeral industry, long-term occupational exposure to formaldehyde was associated with a statistically significantly increased risk for mortality from ...

An expert in funeral home operations and embalming took the stand Wednesday morning in the case of a Northern New Brunswick funeral home operator charged with four counts of committing an indignity to ...