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2. Burial vault (enclosure) - Wikipedia

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   Open burial vault awaiting coffin (2006) A burial vault (also known as a burial liner, grave vault, and grave liner) is a container, formerly made of wood or brick but more often today made of metal or concrete, that encloses a coffin to help prevent a grave from sinking. Wooden coffins (or caskets) decompose, and often the weight of earth on ...

3. Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions - Wikipedia

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   The company traces its roots back to 1890, when John Backman began making wooden caskets by hand. At the time, the Aurora Casket Company employed 20 people. In the 1920s, John's son William Backman and his son-in-law William Barrott joined the company. For decades, the company was controlled by the Backman and Barrott families.

4. Batesville Casket Company - Wikipedia

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   Batesville Casket Company manufactures caskets and cremation urns. The company was a subsidiary of Hillenbrand, Inc. until its divestiture in 2023 [ 1 ] and is headquartered in Batesville, Indiana . The company operates three manufacturing plants in Batesville, Indiana, [ 2 ] Chihuahua, Mexico , and Manchester , Tennessee , and a woodworking ...

5. Remains of ancient wooden coffins — holding babies and ...

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6. KV63 - Wikipedia

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   The last and only completely sealed coffin was opened on June 28, 2006. The coffin contained no mummy, only artifacts used for mummification or to decorate a body. It looked like it had once been used, as there was an impression of a human body in the bottom of the coffin. It is theorized that this body was moved or destroyed in antiquity.

7. ‘Remarkable preserved condition.’ Nun’s exhumed body draws ...

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   Sister Wilhelmina died on May 29, 2019, at age 95, and was buried in a wooden coffin. According to the Catholic News Agency, the abbess and sisters recently decided to relocate her body to inside ...