The modern-day Bo people of southeastern China have long maintained that they had no connection to those inside the hanging ...

Geneticists reveal that the Bo people of Yunnan are direct descendants of those who practiced burial in hanging coffins.

Ancient societies in southern China pegged coffins into high cliffsides in burial ritual linked to good fortune ...

People buried in "hanging coffins" thousands of years ago in China and Southeast Asia have finally been identified through ...

Around 200,000 people flocked to St. Peter's Square in Vatican City for the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday. In the days leading up to the funeral Mass, the Vatican said more than 150,000 filed ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - When it comes to selling coffins, Mike Zoff is thinking outside the box. The 57-year-old Arden Hills resident has just set up shop in a tiny storefront on Smith Avenue on St.

The business of paying respect to the dead can be an eco-unfriendly matter, whether opting for a wooden coffin that ...

Pope Francis has opted to be buried in a wooden casket when he is laid to rest – amending a centuries-old tradition of a decorated send off as he works to simplify papal customs. The 87-year-old ...