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Today figurative coffins are of course no more reserved for the traditional Ga and their kings, many families who use figurative coffins are indeed Christians. For them design coffins have no longer a spiritual function, their appeal is more aesthetic, aimed at surprising mourners with strikingly innovative forms like automobiles or aeroplanes ...
Anthropoid coffins soon emerged, which were tailored to the contour of the deceased's body. The deceased's face and hair was painted onto the coffin so to personalize it further. [37] A sarcophagus, which is a large, stone container, was used to house the coffin, and provide supplementary protection to the dead body.
There are still some mysteries associated with these burials, one being sets of stone and bone pellets found inside many of the coffins. [50] The use of the pellets has yet to be discovered. The biggest unknown still surrounding these coffins, that the offerings have helped to unravel, is who were the coffins made for.
A baby girl wearing an ornate beaded headband was buried at the site more than 300 years ago.
Hanging coffins are coffins placed on cliffs, found in various locations, including China and the Philippines. Ossuaries were used for interring human skeletal remains by Second Temple Jews and early Christians. Promession is a method of freeze drying human remains before burial to increase the rate of decomposition.
A safety coffin or security coffin is a coffin fitted with a mechanism to prevent premature burial or allow the occupant to signal that they have been buried alive. A large number of designs for safety coffins were patented during the 18th and 19th centuries and variations on the idea are still available today.
Full trucks on one side, empty stomachs on the other.” ... told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the convoy was a “drop in the ocean” and that “what civilians in Gaza really need is ...
A scan of a 17th century coffin revealed has a secret that's been hidden for nearly 350 years. Since his death in 1679, Bishop Peder Winstrup lay quietly in the crypt beneath a Swedish cathedral ...