Tutankhamun is one of the best known figures of Ancient Egypt, and now his coffin is getting some tender loving care. The boy king’s gilded coffin has been moved from his tomb in Luxor to the Grand ...

Geneticists reveal that the Bo people of Yunnan are direct descendants of those who practiced burial in hanging coffins.

In the dead of the night, with the economy facing the last rites, unemployed carpenter John Peddar struck an idea for a boom and bust-proof career — coffin making. "It was during the recession of the ...

Queen Elizabeth's coffin was transported from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey today on top of the 123-year, 5600-pound Royal Navy State Funeral Gun Carriage. The converted ordinance transport ...

In a recent study, researcher Dr. Hui Zhou and his colleagues conducted a genetic analysis of the genomes of individuals ...

The coffin was found in a Minya, Egypt, cemetery, which archaeologists believe dates back to 1550 BC to 1069 BC Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

People buried in "hanging coffins" thousands of years ago in China and Southeast Asia have finally been identified through ...

A new genetic study links China’s cliffside burials to their living descendants.

Israel received a coffin Wednesday that is believed to contain the remains of one of the last two deceased hostages in Gaza. "The coffin of the deceased hostage, escorted by IDF troops, crossed the ...

A woman who was discovered alive after knocking inside her own coffin in Ecuador has been declared dead for the second time. Bella Montoya, 76, was admitted to hospital in the central city of Babahoyo ...

She literally sleeps like the dead. A human “vampire” took her Dracula cosplay to the extreme by sleeping in a coffin — which she insists is super comfy despite getting labeled a “weirdo” online. The ...