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Catafalque of nobleman Krzysztof Opaliński, 17th century Poland. A catafalque is a raised bier, box, or similar platform, often movable, that is used to support the casket, coffin, or body of a dead person during a Christian funeral or memorial service. [1]
Although the base and platform have occasionally been altered to accommodate the larger size of modern coffins and for the ease of the attending military personnel, it is basically the same today as it was in Lincoln's time. Presently the catafalque measures 7 feet 1 inch (216 cm) long, 2 feet 6 inches (76 cm) wide, and 2 feet (61 cm) high.
The Abedani Kofun is located in the Ōkusa hills area to the south of the Iu River, which is an area known for its many burial mounds.The Abedani Kofun cluster has 15 small kofun, mostly square hōfun [] (方墳) or circular empun [] (円墳), the largest of which has a diameter of 20 meters located on the ridge of a hill, and there are six horizontal corridor-type tombs of the western slope ...
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Inuit tree burial, Leaf River, Quebec, c. 1924–1936. A burial tree or burial scaffold is a tree or simple structure used for supporting corpses or coffins.They were once common among the Balinese, the Naga people, certain Aboriginal Australians, and the Sioux and other North American First Nations.
A coffin is a funerary box used for viewing or keeping a corpse, for either burial or cremation. Coffins are sometimes referred to as caskets, ...
A series of red triangular patterns were found on the partition stone that marks the inner chamber's coffin platform, and a small red ridge or shield was also found on the inner wall, but these were only traces and could not be read by the naked eye. It is highly likely that the inner chamber originally had richly decorated murals.
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. Modern burial vaults may be made of concrete, metal, or plastic.