Joining Nepal's monks and morticians in the valleys of Mustang, we face mortality in its most elemental form.

In Tana Toraja, a mountainous region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, villagers pour massive resources into funeral rituals: lavish feasts, ornate effigies and prized water buffaloes for sacrifice.

A viral video captured a young man's reluctance to enter his sibling's grave due to a bizarre burial tradition, sparking ...

The Menga dolmen in Antequera, Spain, is a Neolithic monument and part of a UNESCO World Heritage site. The monument, built ...

Microscopic feathers provide clearest evidence yet of ceremonial clothing used in shamanic burial rituals in prehistoric ...

A Bronze Age mass burial pit at Twentyshilling Barrow has been found in Scotland during the construction of a wind farm.

Hanging coffins and cliff burials were once widespread across parts of East and Southeast Asia, shaped by beliefs around ...

Scientists confirm a toxic red pigment in a 2,000-year-old Scythian grave, offering new insight into ancient burial rituals ...