Is it legal to mix pet ashes with human ashes in Kentucky? More Kentuckians are choosing cremation in recent years, spurred by factors like lower cost, growing social acceptance and a society that’s ...

A sustainable option for what to do with our remains is trickling into popular consciousness Lauren Oster At 9 p.m. on New Year’s Day, Samantha Sieber was in her pajamas and watching a movie with her ...

The rate of cremation in Kentucky increased from 12.3% in 2011 to 40.3% last year for reasons that include price and changes in religious identity. Kenneth Earl Wilson, who had worked at a bank and in ...

How should families approach the decision between burial and cremation? MENOMONIE, WI, UNITED STATES, January 12, 2026 ...

An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — Have you ever thought about ...

The 9,500-year-old remains of a woman in Malawi have set a new record, marking Africa's oldest evidence of intentional ...

The 9,500-year-old remains were discovered to be of a woman who was between 18 and 60 years old when she died. According to the study published in Science Advances, a large pyre was prepared for the ...

Traditional funerals are in decline in the UK for several reasons. Primary among them is the rising cost of funerals. The price for a basic funeral has risen to an all-time high of £4,285, according ...

A 9,500-year-old funeral pyre uncovered in a rock shelter in northern Malawi is forcing archaeologists to rethink when and how humans began to burn their dead. The newly analysed site, at the base of ...