Tag: burial

The Various Costs of Dying

As a culture, we don’t like to talk about death. Even though it’s the destination we all share, regardless of our beliefs, most of us prefer not to think about it. Unfortunately, this aversion leaves most of us unprepared for death when it arrives, making things harder for the loved ones left to manage our…


Gavin Newsom Signs Bill to Legalize Human Composting in California

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that will make human composting a legal burial option in the state in 2027. A human composting burial method or natural organic reduction (NOR) lets a body decompose into soil, which takes about 30 to 60 days. The soil can then be given back to the family…


Egypt Unveils 3000-Year-Old Coffins and ‘Book of the Dead’ Scroll in the Latest Discovery

After finding several treasures on the same Egyptian site over the course of a decade, archeologists have unearthed a 3,000-year-old haul inside an ancient funerary temple dedicated to Queen Neit, the wife of King Teti. The temple resides at the Saqqara necropolis in Memphis, south of Cairo. The vast necropolis has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site…