Graves can be turned over every three years in Portuguese cemeteries only if the body is fully decomposed. If not, it will be dug up every two years.

Toronto, Ontario (CTV News) — A new medical papyrus dating back 3,500 years has provided enough new details for Egyptologists to reconstruct the 70-day ancient Egyptian mummifying process. The art of ...

Mummifying the dead is a funerary rite that has been practiced for thousands of years in many locations across the world.

Some ancient societies in China and Southeast Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them ...

Bodies interred in the San Bernardo municipal cemetery often become naturally mummified. The mummification only started happening when a new cemetery was built. Scientists say more research is needed ...