"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 ...

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, ...

It may have been the first documented cremation in the west in modern history. Cremation in its neoclassical inflection was on the side of progress in the sense of a return to a long-gone and better ...

Recent images of massed cremation pyres reflecting the severity of the Covid-19 crisis in India have brought global attention to this ancient rite. Delhi’s largest crematorium, the Nigambodh Ghat, ...

Since the 1920s, a visit to the dentist involving X-rays meant being draped with a lead vest or apron to shield against the harmful effects of radiation (patient and staff). New safety guidelines from ...

More Americans than ever are using cremation as a way to honor their deceased loved ones, according to a recent report from the National Funeral Directors Association. Per the NFDA's projections, the ...

How humans deal with death and the rituals we build around it are a crucial part of our identity. Burial practices may stretch back hundreds of thousands of years, emerging soon after our ancestors ...