This is the moment a Viking-style river cremation was given to a pet gerbil. The beloved rodent called Nibbles had a funeral fitting of a Norse warrior. The gerbil passed away and his body was plac… ...

A 1548 engraving by Hans Sebald Beham, called “Hercules on His Funeral Pyre” from a series of renderings on the labors of Hercules. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York ...

"Jean Lepautre, Funeral Pyre of Memnon, published 1676, etching and engraving on laid paper, plate: 7.5 x 8.9 cm (2 15/16 x 3 1/2 in.), Anonymous Gift, 1988.49.5" National Gallery of Art ...

ALBANY - A cat whose corpse was found burned in the middle of an icy pond was not a victim of animal cruelty, but rather a deceased pet whose owner tried to salute the cat with a funeral pyre ...

Why an intrepid trio went to the Isle of Eigg armed with Viking shields and poetry to recreate a funeral ceremony from 1000 years ago.