Re “Putting a Good Face on the Final Adieu,” Commentary, June 13: Mary Roach presents an interesting perspective on embalming and closed-casket viewing. Is the corpse really there or not, and is it ...
Archaeologists in Budapest have opened a sealed Roman sarcophagus that had not been disturbed for roughly 1,700 years, revealing the remarkably preserved burial of a young woman and a cache of grave ...
Once the lid was off the wood coffin holding the 2,500-year-old mummified remains of a 14-year-old Egyptian boy, scientist J.P. Brown could relax. The conservator at Chicago's Field Museum and three ...