Iran's late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed on February 28 in a joint US-Israeli strike. Owing to the ongoing war situation in Iran, his funeral could not be conducted immediately.

Archaeologists discovered a copy of Homer’s Iliad on papyrus inside the stomach of a mummy in Al-Bahnasa, Egypt. This is the first time a Greek literary text has been found incorporated into the ...

Ancient Egyptians took great care to mummify the bodies of high-status people and adorned and entombed them with some of the most beautiful objects ever made. However, in what appears contrary to the ...

In a shocking medical miracle that defies belief, an elderly man who had been wrongly declared deceased and was moments away from embalming suddenly came to life inside a body bag at a funeral home.

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Statistically, traveling by airplane is by far the safest form of travel. In fact, the figures show that, per journey, air travel is around 95 times safer than driving, while driving is a staggering ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Mummification is one of the most well known ancient burial practices — most commonly tied to ancient Egypt. The practice of preserving and ritually treating a body in preparation for the afterlife ...

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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 ...

Some 1.4 billion Catholics around the globe are in mourning following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88. The influential leader's death from a stoke and subsequent irreversible heart failure ...

A guide to the embalming process likely to be used for Pope Francis, based on historic and modern practices followed by the Vatican. File photo of Pope Francis Pope Francis, the first Latin American ...