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 ...

KOROSTYSHIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three open coffins, one adult-sized, one medium and one child-sized, lay inside the Soviet-era Palace of Culture in a northern Ukrainian city. They were surrounded by ...