"The History of Cremation," the new permanent exhibit at the National Museum of Funeral History, includes a room modeled after LeMoyne Crematory's cremation chamber, where the first cremation in ...

"The History of Cremation Exhibit" is a joint project of the National Museum of Funeral History and the Cremation Association of North America. The exhibit is a first-of-its kind undertaking, telling ...

From 18th century religious battles over the revival of cremation to colouring tattoo ink with ashes … Thomas Laqueur on how attitudes to human remains have changed Cremation of the dead was the norm ...

Fire and the body : fire and the people / Tim Thompson -- Flesh, fire, and funerary remains from the Neolithic site of La Varde, Guernsey : investigations past and present / Jenny Cataroche and ...

Cremation books — small publications about the deceased's life given out to guests at funerals — are personal memorials that also serve as historical records. Popular since the time of King Rama V, ...

In an ancient rock shelter in the heart of Malawi, archaeologists have found the world's oldest evidence of a funeral pyre for an adult. The charred remains, 9,500 years old, reveal that the deceased ...