President Abraham Lincoln died on April 15th, 1865, mere hours after John Wilkes Booth inflicted the mortal gunshot wound, but his body had to survive a 19-day train ride across the country before ...

In light of Pope Francis’ death on April 21, Catholic authorities are preparing the much-anticipated process to decide upon his successor. However, many people are wondering about a more burning ...

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 ...

The late pope’s remains will be on display for three days in Saint Peter’s Basilica – Copyright VATICAN MEDIA/AFP Handout Ahead of his lying-in-state, Pope ...

Before the Civil War, embalming was performed mainly to preserve the body for the purpose of medical studies. There were no specific guidelines for the embalmer. Embalming was performed by those with ...

The ancient Egyptians developed sophisticated embalming treatments far earlier and across a wider geographical area than had been previously known, forensic tests on a well-known prehistoric mummy ...

An ancient Egyptian papyrus version of "Mummification for Dummies" has been revealed by a Danish Egyptologist as the oldest how-to guide yet found. The detailed instructions on the circa ...

A team of bioarchaeologists from the Austrian Archaeological Institute at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Université de Bordeaux, and Aix-Marseille Université has found evidence of an aristocratic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bettmann/getty; INTERCONTINENTALE/AFP via Getty Pope Pius XII (left), Pope Pius XII being laid to rest at funeral in 1958 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In light of Pope Francis' death on April 21, Catholic authorities are preparing the much-anticipated process to decide upon his ...