Funeral Customs

Funerary Towers Of The World Unite

What’s the most interesting object I saw at the New Orleans Museum of Art? A 2,200 year old model found…

11 years ago

The Last Funeral Director on Earth – Profile of a Man Burying Bodies in Syria

He has buried more than 234 bodies from the river. Most are men and boys, their hands bound behind their…

11 years ago

Four Ancient Weapons Much Scarier Than a Gun

As the gun control debate heats up, Digital Dying decided to take a look at a handful of more ancient…

11 years ago

The Mayan Sport That Makes Football Look Lame – Losers Actually Got Decapitated

Sunday is the Super Bowl, the culminating game in a sport that involves teams of men tackling each other into…

11 years ago

The Truth About the Korean Phenomenon of “Fan Death”

Do you sleep with a fan on? While ceiling and floor fans are regarded as a great way to beat…

11 years ago

The Best Real Life Zombie Halloween Costumes, From Pete the Marsh Man to Juanita the Ice Maiden

Zombies are still huge and this year stores are offering numerous variations on the traditional zombie Halloween costume. There is…

12 years ago

Sleeping with Skeletons and Dressing Up Skulls, Halloweens Across the World

A house across the street from me has a miniature warlock looking creature standing out front, their porch is covered…

12 years ago

How Napoleon’s “Death Mask” got to New Orleans

The French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is buried in a crypt in Paris but if you want to see his “death…

12 years ago

Fantastic and Forgotten Cemeteries of The South

I just moved to New Orleans, which we all know has amazing cemeteries, but what about the rest of the…

12 years ago

The World’s Most Famous Toilet Deaths: Hollywood stars, Japanese warlords and a South Carolina murderer

Earlier this week, a Kentucky woman glued herself to a toilet seat at Walmart, which got me thinking about toilets,…

12 years ago