Meet the Plymouth people who love looking after the dead On the wall, a blue tray hangs filled with makeup, from blusher brushes and mascara sticks to nail varnish. But the beauty products won't be ...
Unlike the image often conjured of embalmers — "the creepy guys down in the dark, dungeon mortuary" — Luan Murray sees her job as offering a service to people who are grieving the death of a loved one ...
They've been perfectly preserved for thousands of years with their facial features still distinguishable today. Now, researchers have discovered how Egyptian mummies still look so good – and it's all ...
Eerie images show the remnants of an abandoned funeral home stuffed full of coffins, embalming fluids, and rotting hearses. The forgotten property, a family run funeral home, had operated in rural ...
Mix exotic tree resins with cedar or juniper oil, add some castor oil, animal fats or beeswax, then apply to the head. Around 2,500 years ago, this aromatic cocktail was used by ancient Egyptian ...
For years a hairdresser, Janet Officer has now changed career to use her skills as an embalmer. Women's Editor Sarah Foster speaks to Janet and her boss and finds out why they feel their work is a ...
Grieving loved ones may no longer be able to pay their last respects to dead relatives when the EU bans the chemical in embalming fluid. That is the fear of Britain's funeral directors after MEPs ...
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