The rite of cremation is growing among Americans. Now, about half of al...  ...Americans. Now, about half of all deaths involve cremation instead of burial. There are quite a few reasons...  ...cially acceptable. However, the actual process of cremation remains out of sight to t...

(Photo: Lee Paxton)Pictured above is the LeMoyne C...  ...one of the arguments put forward by advocates of cremation . In the 1870s, there was a popular movement to do...  ...addition to making sure that the dead were dead, cremation supporters claimed that burning bodies prevented...  ...scura, Amy Elliot Bragg...

That is: eventually. There's no rush. But when my time comes, the right way to store my remains after my burning my body in a pyre while I am dressed in a Darth Vader costume is with one of these urns offered by Urns for...

(Unrelated photo by Katpatuka)What's it like to be trapped inside a coffin as it rolls into a crematorium at a funeral home? Now you can find out! Or, at least, you can get a sense of it. It's called the Samadhi Game, wh...

In 2009, redditor meowmeowstar’s cat died. T...  ...e of human funerals in Japan. Seeing the funeral, cremation , and memorial may be interesting and/or comfortin...

Sergio Portillo, an artist in Florence, Alabama, first began composing memorial paintings using the ashes of deceased pets. Then people approached him with cremated human remains:On his painter’s pallet, Portillo a...

South Korea is a densely-populated nation, and so...  ...o exhume loved ones within sixty years of burial. Cremation has thus become increasingly popular, and one com...

The only certain things in life are death and taxes, and since taxes will never be fun, you might as well try to make your death into something a little entertaining. While most people are laid to rest in a coffin, burie...

Ukrainian designer Anna Marinenko has designed these elegant urns to hold your ashes and to reflect your unique spirit once you're gone. This is a prototype for the time being but should be available soon in both silver...

Remember the Star Trek casket? It appears to be no longer available, but the same company is ready to launch the sale of Star Trek Urns for fans who choose to be cremated when they reach the final frontier. Eternal I...