Aquamation, also known as alkaline hydrolysis, liquefies remains in a chamber containing water and an alkali chemical at a ...

"I just couldn't discard the ashes. I had no idea what to do with them," said Lawrence Hendrix, who directs warehouse ...

Water cremations in Christchurch have been approved - the first time the option has been availble in New Zealand. Traditionally in New Zealand there have been four choices: burial in the ground or at ...

Since Eternal Reefs’ founding in 1998, the company has laid to rest the remains of more than 3,000 people, 1,000 of whom are ...

Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk, is no ordinary archaeological site. Discovered in 1939, it stunned historians with its 7th-century ...

Pierce County used to scatter the ashes of unclaimed bodies in Puget Sound, but now the remains are buried. King County holds ...

Funeral details have been announced for Newry's 'wizard of Wembley', Peter McParland. The Aston Villa great, who helped ...

About two months after his death in ICE custody, Brayan Garzón-Rayo's family buried his ashes with support from the Ashrei ...

Funeral directors worry about a looming crisis as the region's limited cremation capacity means it's getting more difficult ...

A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ...

Celestis is a private memorial spaceflight company that sends remains into space in the form of a “space burial.” The Diaz ...

A Michigan man who had a key role in building the Mackinac Bridge has been buried 15 years after his death after a funeral ...