Seven giant funeral urns dating to pre-Columbian times have been found deep in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. A fisher who works in this little-known waterlogged area of the middle Solimões region, ...

Technology helps make the way we live more efficient, but it’s changing the way we grieve too. Apps that assist in planning a funeral and biodegradable urns are part of the growing death tech industry ...

Ben James, a photographer discovered human remains, ashes, bills and more inside the Norman Medford Peden Funeral Home and Crematory, according to WSB-TV. James said he found more than 30 urns and ...

Architects and designers including David Chipperfield, Daniel Libeskind, Audrey Large and Philippe Starck have created funeral urns for Alessi's The Last Pot exhibition at Milan design week. Alongside ...

The FTC’s Funeral Rule mandates that consumers do not have to accept packages at funeral homes and are free to pick and choose the goods and services they wish. Funeral providers are also required to ...

The discovery of three funeral urns full of human ashes on beaches in the Netherlands has prompted a public apology by a Dutch shipping company. The containers all washed up separately on shores in ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Maya urn featuring a depiction of a pre-Hispanic corn deity. The artifact was uncovered during archaeological rescue investigations carried out by Mexico's ...

Urns from a crematorium in northern Germany were intended to be used in a burial at sea. But a mishap by a Dutch shipping company meant they washed up on beaches hundreds of miles away from the ...