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  2. Burial vault (tomb) - Wikipedia

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    A burial vault is a structural stone or brick-lined underground tomb or 'burial chamber' for the interment of a single body or multiple bodies underground. The main difference between entombment in a subterranean vault and a traditional in-ground burial is that the coffin is not placed directly in the earth, but is placed in a burial chamber ...

  3. Burial vault (enclosure) - Wikipedia

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    The company dominates the American burial vault market today, with about 12 percent of all vault and liner sales. [2] A burial vault encloses a coffin on all four sides, the top, and the bottom. Modern burial vaults are lowered into the grave, and the coffin lowered into the vault. A lid is then lowered to cover the coffin and seal the vault.

  4. Grave - Wikipedia

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    Burial vault. A vault is a structure built within the grave to receive the body. It may be used to prevent crushing of the remains, allow for multiple burials such as a family vault, retrieval of remains for transfer to an ossuary, or because it forms a monument. Grave backfill. The soil returned to the grave cut following burial.

  5. Organic burial pods to replace tombstones with trees - AOL

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    It's called "Capsula Mundi," and it aims to replace coffins with egg-shaped burial pods. The deceased would serve as fertilizer while encased in a biodegradable coffin underground.

  6. Coffin home - Wikipedia

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    A coffin home (simplified Chinese: 义庄; traditional Chinese: 義莊; pinyin: yìzhuāng; Cantonese Yale: yih-jōng; Japanese: gisō (義荘)) is a temporary coffin depository where the coffins containing the cadavers of recently deceased people are temporarily stored while awaiting transport to the place of burial.

  7. City fills in underground vaults of downtown buildings. Why ...

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    In 2003, a vault was revealed under the Grand Theatre by workers who tore down a section of moldy drywall in the basement. The vault appeared to be in danger of collapsing, with the owner ...

  8. Unique moment in history when duke’s coffin is lowered into ...

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    The Duke of Edinburgh’s coffin will descend into the Royal Vault during his funeral service, lowered by an electric motor. Joe Little, managing editor of Majesty magazine, described the moment ...

  9. Burial - Wikipedia

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    In the U.S., coffins are usually covered by a grave liner or a burial vault, which prevents the coffin from collapsing under the weight of the earth or floating away during a flood. These containers slow the decomposition process by (partially) physically blocking decomposing bacteria and other organisms from accessing the corpse.