An abandoned mortuary complete with original embalming room has sold for £137,000 – more than twice its guide price. The creepy property was put up for auction with an estimate of around £55,000 by ...

Photographer Leland Kent - who is well-known for capturing deserted and forgotten places across the Southeast - documented the remains of a Victorian mansion, which was built in 1895 and was used as ...

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Before the Civil War, embalming was performed mainly to preserve the body for the purpose of medical studies. There were no specific guidelines for the embalmer. Embalming was performed by those with ...

Two embalming workshops, the largest and most complete found to date, dedicated to humans and animals have been uncovered at the Saqqara Necropolis in a stunning discovery that is unlikely to be the ...

Embalming, once thought to be exclusive to ancient Egypt or South America, has now been identified in Europe. Recent study of the crypts found at Château des Milandes in Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, ...

All embalmers who work at licensed funeral parlours will have to be registered They must also attend a basic infection control course The National Environment Agency has received feedback on 4 cases ...