It contains the relics of deaths past — a replica of Abraham Lincoln’s casket, Civil War-era embalming tools and intricately designed mourning jewelry made from deceased loved ones’ hair. Despite the ...

The Queen’s funeral will be incomparable in scale and grandeur as the nation gathers to say its solemn final farewell to its longest reigning monarch. Through the centuries, customs and rituals have ...

In the old days, Egyptians would bury a pharaoh and throw in a slave or a wife or two to keep him company in the afterlife. Romans would carry torches in a funeral procession. Colonials would head to ...

When the Museum of Funeral Customs folded, most of its memorabilia ended up at a local museum in Carthage, Illinois, between Keokuk and Macomb in western Illinois. From this description published in ...