Read more about the article Germans Increasingly Send Their Deceased’s Ashes To Switzerland To Get Around Burial-Law Red Tape
Image shows undertaker Berto Biaggi, undated photo. He owns a burial service company in the municipality of Gipf-Oberfrick, canton of Aargau, Switzerland. (Newsflash)

Germans Increasingly Send Their Deceased’s Ashes To Switzerland To Get Around Burial-Law Red Tape

Undertakers have revealed that the number of Germans asking for their deceased loved ones' ashes to be sent to Switzerland has dramatically increased in the past 10 years. Swiss funeral…

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Read more about the article Shih-Tzu Dropped Off At Pet Shop For Bath Returned To Owner As Ashes In Box
Picture shows Luizinho, undated. Rosane Martins, 38, took the dog to get grooming procedures at a pet shop, where the dog died and was cremated before the death can be investigated, in Campo Grande, Brazil. (Rosane Martins/Newsflash)

Shih-Tzu Dropped Off At Pet Shop For Bath Returned To Owner As Ashes In Box

A dog owner was left shocked after dropping off her pooch at a pet shop for a bath before it was returned to her as ashes in a box. The…

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Read more about the article Japanese City To Sell Over GBP 700,000 Worth Of Precious Metals Harvested From Dead Bodies
Image shows the city of Kyoto, Japan, undated photo. Kyoto City authorities started an initiative to extract and sell precious metals used in dental treatments from the "remnant ash" after cremation. (Newsflash)

Japanese City To Sell Over GBP 700,000 Worth Of Precious Metals Harvested From Dead Bodies

The city of Kyoto in Japan is reportedly planning to sell the precious metals found in cremated bodies from things like denture fillings. Most Japanese people are cremated after they…

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Read more about the article Ancient Crypt Reveals How Mayan Elite Became Rubber Balls For Games
Stone cover seizing 90 per 60 cm with the representation of a tied up prisoner in an undated photo. Researchers found a crypt where the bodies of the governors were cremated. (Mauricio Marat-INAH/Newsflash)

Ancient Crypt Reveals How Mayan Elite Became Rubber Balls For Games

Archaeologists have revealed how the elite from ancient Mayan civilisations became rubber balls to be used in their games. Studies of grease markings in the walls of a centuries old…

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