Aging and Death in Folklore: Examples from folklore divided by subject rather than region.
Backcountry Death Ways: Recounts how beliefs about death and dying brought by colonists from the Northern British Borderlands survive in the Chesapeake region and North Carolina.
Bali Royal Cremation - photos by Max Buten: Description and pictures of Balinese cremation ceremonies.
Deadly Superstitions: American folk beliefs about death and burial; part of the extensive Tombstone Traveller's Guide to American cemeteries and funeral practices.
Death and Afterwards: Very interesting account of a Greek Catholic Baltic Finnic people's beliefs in death, omens of death and the afterlife.
Death Central on Monstrous: Explores the faces of death across art, societies and rituals, science and medicine.
Death: Burial Customs and Beliefs: Death customs and beliefs in various regions and countries of the world.
Funeral Customs in Yunnan Province, China: Describes funerary practices in a Chinese village.
Funeral Customs of Caucasian Estonians: How Estonian settlers in Caucasian Abkhazia preserved -- and changed -- their traditional customs and beliefs surrounding death and burial during the 20th century.
Funeral Customs of the Northern Khants: Funerary practices of a West Siberian tribe in the last quarter of the 20th century.
Gravestone Symbolism & Iconography: Ever wonder what the skull & crossbones represents on a gravestone? Here's an extensive guide.
History Of Funeral Customs: Good introduction from the Wyoming Funeral Directors Association site.
Marriage and Funerals in Athens: Jana Shopkorn's essay on ritual and ceremony in Ancient Greece.
Orkney Islands: Omens of Death
Orkney Islands: Binding the dead.
The Call of Yama: Website exploring death according to Hindusim. Includes answers to frequently asked questions, and a photographic exhibit.