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For those of ranks lower than royal courtiers during the Eleventh Dynasty, tombs were simpler. Coffins could be simple wooden boxes with the body either mummified and wrapped in linen or simply wrapped without mummification, and the addition of a cartonnage mummy mask, a custom that continued until the Graeco-Roman period.
The earliest evidence of wooden coffin remains, dated at 5000 BC, was found in the Tomb 4 at Beishouling, Shaanxi. Clear evidence of a rectangular wooden coffin was found in Tomb 152 in an early Banpo site. The Banpo coffin belongs to a four-year-old girl; it measures 1.4 m (4.6 ft) by 0.55 m (1.8 ft) and 3–9 cm thick.
This can be a simple corrugated cardboard box or a wooden casket . Another option is a cardboard box that fits inside a wooden shell, which is designed to look like a traditional casket. After the funeral service, the box is removed from the shell before cremation, permitting the shell to be re-used. [47]
Mrs Pickersgill's ashes were transported to Kensal Green Cemetery and placed in a wooden box on a shelf in the catacomb under the Anglican Chapel along with those of William Crellin Pickersgill (who was cremated at Woking in 1887). The ashes continue to remain in position, although the wooden box has deteriorated. [7]
Solid wood and particle board (chipboard) coffins with hardwood veneers account for 10–15% of sales, and fibreglass and alternative materials such as woven fiber make up the rest. In Australia, 85–90% of coffins are solid wood and particle board. [citation needed] Most traditional caskets in the UK are made from chipboard covered in a thin ...
Three versions of the album were released: a slipcase edition, a deluxe wooden box version (limited to 500 copies) and a vinyl version (limited to 1000 copies). The vinyl version was released on March 2, 2007 on The End Records' Infinite Vinyl Series. It was pressed in three different colors: A clear/orange splatter edition limited to 200 copies.
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