Amber Carvaly is the mortician, service director, and co-founder of Undertaking LA, a funeral home in L.A. The following story was told to Alix Tunell and edited for length and clarity. I grew up in ...

The process of embalming begins with a touch. Hidden behind a pair of gloves, the warmth of the embalmer’s hands meets the cold stiff flesh of the dead. This final massage loosens up the cadaver’s ...

Ahead of his lying-in-state, Pope Francis's body was made ready to withstand Rome's warm spring weather with a temporary embalming and a touch of make-up, an expert told AFP. The body of the ...

Morticians are the profession you'd least except to make it big on social media, but funeral workers on TikTok are doing just that, amassing thousands of views and followers by offering deep dives ...

ROME — Ahead of his lying in state, Pope Francis' body was made ready to withstand Rome's warm spring weather with a temporary embalming and a touch of makeup, an expert told Agence France-Presse (AFP ...