Art is also a central conduit between life and the afterlife in Buddhist cultures. For instance, the Metropolitan Museum of ...

Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the afterlife and helped solve a baffling mystery.

The California Museum’s Día de Los Muertos art exhibit celebrates Latinx culture and honors leaders of the past, featuring ...

Spirit House” at Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center features works by 33 contemporary Asian American and diasporic artists ...

Forever Is Now, a series of installations by well-known contemporary artists, considers the legacy of Ancient Egypt anew ...

Sto. Tomas, Pampanga is the "Casket Capital of the Philippines," supplying 70% of caskets used in the Philippines and making ...

Filmmakers have long been drawn to “the Texan” as a character type. Our series Playing Texan revisits some of the most notable of these portrayals, from the legendary to the ludicrous, to ...

For centuries in Korea, when the time came for the deceased to embark on their long and precarious journey to the afterlife, ...

Regardless of the vast cultural and secular perspectives on death and afterlife, objects are ultimately ... cultural ecosystem prioritize the art and design of death rituals as a way to honor ...