Shift away from embalming has lawmakers rethinking Georgia’s requirements for funeral home directors
Sen. Rick Williams, a Milledgeville Republican, presents SB 239, which would remove the requirement that funeral directors be licensed in embalming in order to work in Georgia, on Feb. 5, 2026, in ...
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Science behind Pope Francis' embalming: How pontiff's body is prepared to lie in state for 3 days
As the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis at the age of 88, the Vatican has begun the solemn process of laying the pontiff to rest — a process steeped in centuries-old Catholic tradition and ...
Relatives of a man who died of heart problems are suing a Montebello mortuary, saying they were “horrified” that the embalming was done so poorly that liquid was oozing from the decedent’s face during ...
In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to analyze the composition of scents given off by mummies ...
A funeral that was intended to be a loving memorial to a father from South Gate took a turn for the horrifying when family members approached the casket and found him in a grotesque and oozing state ...
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