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

Ancient societies in southern China pegged coffins into high cliffsides in burial ritual linked to good fortune ...

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

The business of paying respect to the dead can be an eco-unfriendly matter, whether opting for a wooden coffin that ...

In a recent study, researcher Dr. Hui Zhou and his colleagues conducted a genetic analysis of the genomes of individuals ...

Around 200,000 people flocked to St. Peter's Square in Vatican City for the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday. In the days leading up to the funeral Mass, the Vatican said more than 150,000 filed ...