The guided tour explores the customs, etiquette, and superstitions surrounding death and funerals at the turn of the 20th ...

Yet deputies from LaFourche Parish’s office not only arrested Kyren Lacy but also charged him with negligent homicide, felony ...

Raila Odinga Junior is shaved in accordance with Luo traditions, marking his assumption of family leadership, four days after ...

News 13 has obtained the complete human resources investigation involving teachers who made “insensitive” social media posts ...

A Waukegan man was set to be deported back to Mexico, but a Lake County mom fought to keep him in Illinois so he could face trial for concealing her daughter's death.

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Archaeologists recently discovered precious artifacts from a burial site—one of few that hasn’t been looted—left behind by the ancient Alanian people of Eastern Europe. Early Alans were nomadic horse ...

Archaeologists have learned about the lives of the world’s earliest farmers, how they traveled, and socialized in Neolithic north Syria between about 11,600 and 7,500 years ago. Using advanced ...

SAULT STE. MARIE — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, released the Obelisk Alternatives Analysis Report for a 30-day public review on June 9. The analysis addresses the cultural ...

Hidden in Marshalltown, Iowa, is a museum unlike any other — one that chronicles the evolution of funeral practices from the late 1800s onward. This episode takes you inside the exhibits, showcasing ...

Museum of Black Civilizations, Dakar. Image © Pierre Laborde via Shutterstock The history of the museum as a typology is a long and complex one. Since prehistoric ...

Known online to her over 160,000 followers as Mimi the Mortician, Mimi Mythen spoke with PEOPLE exclusively about her decision to take a step back from the field Mimi Mythen When Mimi Mythen was a ...