With more than 16,000 donors worldwide, Body Worlds is no longer accepting donations. But the majority of the 1,300 donors from the Americas come from California, where the exhibition was ...

The preserved human remains of a former slave who is said to have risen in the social ranks was uncovered in Pompeii. According to a report by The Guardian, the remains have been identified as ...

“It’s about the human body.” Lynn Kuratomi, a 65-year-old Los Angeles teacher and yoga instructor, called the original “Body Worlds” exhibition “magnificent and so educational.” ...

It features the remains of human cadavers, opened up from the inside out, and frozen in time for the world to see. The exhibit features a smoker’s lungs, blackened and charred, next to a cup filled ...

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Iceman may have come to an unfortunate end while crossing the Alps more than 5,000 years ago, but thanks to his ...

"He said he thought the body parts were bizarre and wanted to send them to his friends in the U.S.," Chumpol said, adding that the man was questioned for several hours and released without charges.

Best-Preserved Human Ancestor Didn't Have Bone Disorder "Turkana Boy," an exquisitely preserved 1.5-million-year-old human ancestor found in Kenya, may not have had dwarfism or scoliosis, new ...

From 11am on Wednesday 23 April, hundreds of thousands of faithful Catholics will be able to bid farewell to Pope Francis in St Peter's Basilica, where the pontiff's body will be on display until ...

Anyone who has ever seen a Gunther von Hagens “Body Worlds” exhibition of preserved human bodies has probably had this thought: Who were these people? And why did they agree to do this? Well ...