Embalming is one of the most common options for temporarily preserving bodies after death – but what exactly does it entail?

Ghanaian mortuary manager Ewurabena Quartey explains why staff knock, ask permission before bathing and embalming bodies, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a life ends, those who remain deal with the body. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Upwards of 2.8 million people die every ...

For centuries, many cultures around the world embalmed their dead, often for religious reasons. Accordingly, embalming methods differ, but not all of them are studied equally well. In a first report ...

The temporary or prolonged preservation of a deceased body, for practical and religious reasons. Best known ancient embalming was in Egypt, some of whose mummies are relatively intact to the present ...