In the old days, Egyptians would bury a pharaoh and throw in a slave or a wife or two to keep him company in the afterlife. Romans would carry torches in a funeral procession. Colonials would head to ...

While Irish wakes and funerals are well known for being large affairs full of emotion, reminiscing, prayer, and song, these traditions are nothing new. As far back as the 12th century, the Irish were ...

Death, along with taxes, may be a certainty, but the way that it is handled differs wildly across the world. In Britain, the choice for a funeral is usually quite simple: burial or cremation. But ...

When the Museum of Funeral Customs folded, most of its memorabilia ended up at a local museum in Carthage, Illinois, between Keokuk and Macomb in western Illinois. From this description published in ...