With so many differences found in the funeral traditions across multiple ethnic groups and religious groups, Jewish traditions look like a melting pot of many Mediterranean ones… The Jewish funeral includes few stages – the first of which is a burial, also known as an internment. Cremation is prohibited to...

Originating for the very first time back in the early Stone Age (which was taking place approximately 5-6 thousand years ago), the cremation as a form of a ritual funeral has lived through “popularity” ups and downs. With the memorial urns being a widespread find up until the Roman Empire,...