Some of the weirdest archaeological relics in the world hang on the rock faces of southern China, hundreds of feet above the ...

Geneticists reveal that the Bo people of Yunnan are direct descendants of those who practiced burial in hanging coffins.

The modern-day Bo people of southeastern China have long maintained that they had no connection to those inside the hanging ...

Such burials require no formaldehyde embalming, vaults or laminated caskets. Cynthia Beal talks about the Ecopod, a kayak-looking container made out of recycled newspaper from the United Kingdom, at ...

Would you choose to be buried in a coffin made from mushrooms? "We grow the mushroom coffins in only seven days. We do that with mycelium, which is the root structure of mushrooms," said Bob Hendrikx, ...

History: Saint Meinrad Archabbey, a Catholic Benedictine monastery, was founded in 1854 in Spencer County by monks from Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland. Per their tradition, monks are buried in wood ...

That is not the case with a new casket option available through Lougheed Funeral Homes. The Living Cocoon, developed by a ...

A Dutch startup is "growing" sustainable mushroom and hemp fiber-based coffins that can biodegrade. The mushroom-based coffins take a week to grow, and can biodegrade in about a month and a half. Loop ...

In a thrilling discovery for Egyptologists and ancient history buffs, the contents of six ancient animal sarcophagi have been examined, all without a single scientists opening a coffin lid, thanks to ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - When it comes to selling coffins, Mike Zoff is thinking outside the box. The 57-year-old Arden Hills resident has just set up shop in a tiny storefront on Smith Avenue on St.