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Pope Francis Presides Over Pope Benedict's Funeral
To the sound of tolling bells, 12 pallbearers carried the wooden coffin of Pope Benedict out of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday and placed it before thousands of faithful gathered in the square for his funeral.
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Mummies With Golden Tongues Discovered In Egypt
Some wooden coffins and copper nails used in those coffins have also been found from the site.
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"So Many Bodies Piled Up": Hong Kong Funeral Services Reel Under Covid
Traditional wooden coffins are running short in Hong Kong as authorities scramble to add mortuary space in the global financial hub's battle on COVID-19, which is swamping funeral parlours.
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Ancient Treasure Trove Of Over 100 Sarcophagi Found In Egypt
Egypt announced Saturday the discovery of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi, the largest such find this year.
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Archaeologists Find Over 20 Coffins Just As Ancient Egyptians Left Them
The Egyptian government is hailing the discovery of more than 20 wooden coffins as "one of the largest and most important" archaeological finds in the past few years.
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4,500-Year-Old Burial Ground Discovered Near Egypt's Great Pyramids
Egypt's antiquities ministry on Saturday unveiled a 4,500-year-old burial ground near the Giza pyramids containing colourful wooden coffins and limestone statues dating back to the Old Kingdom.
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Karunanidhi Dictated The Line On His Casket To Son Stalin 3 Decades Ago
The wooden casket with golden handles which carried the body of veteran politician M Karunanidhi has an epitaph he dictated to his son MK Stalin three decades ago.
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Italy Grieves As State Funeral Is Held For Earthquake Victims
Weeping relatives hugged each other and reached out to touch the simple wooden coffins at a state funeral on Saturday for some of the 291 people killed in an earthquake this week.
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South Korean 'Mock Funerals' Seek To Ease Life's Stresses
In a dimly lit room, people dressed in white burial shrouds slowly sit up inside the wooden coffins where they had been lying, enclosed, for 10 minutes. Blinking, pale and solemn, they say they thought about their past and their loved ones while inside the coffins and vow to live better lives now.
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In poll-bound Mizoram, inexpensive coffins matter a lot
Dying is expensive in Mizoram where wooden coffins burn a hole in the pockets of poor families.
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Pope Francis Presides Over Pope Benedict's Funeral
To the sound of tolling bells, 12 pallbearers carried the wooden coffin of Pope Benedict out of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday and placed it before thousands of faithful gathered in the square for his funeral.
-
Mummies With Golden Tongues Discovered In Egypt
Some wooden coffins and copper nails used in those coffins have also been found from the site.
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"So Many Bodies Piled Up": Hong Kong Funeral Services Reel Under Covid
Traditional wooden coffins are running short in Hong Kong as authorities scramble to add mortuary space in the global financial hub's battle on COVID-19, which is swamping funeral parlours.
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Ancient Treasure Trove Of Over 100 Sarcophagi Found In Egypt
Egypt announced Saturday the discovery of an ancient treasure trove of more than a 100 intact sarcophagi, the largest such find this year.
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Archaeologists Find Over 20 Coffins Just As Ancient Egyptians Left Them
The Egyptian government is hailing the discovery of more than 20 wooden coffins as "one of the largest and most important" archaeological finds in the past few years.
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4,500-Year-Old Burial Ground Discovered Near Egypt's Great Pyramids
Egypt's antiquities ministry on Saturday unveiled a 4,500-year-old burial ground near the Giza pyramids containing colourful wooden coffins and limestone statues dating back to the Old Kingdom.
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Karunanidhi Dictated The Line On His Casket To Son Stalin 3 Decades Ago
The wooden casket with golden handles which carried the body of veteran politician M Karunanidhi has an epitaph he dictated to his son MK Stalin three decades ago.
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Italy Grieves As State Funeral Is Held For Earthquake Victims
Weeping relatives hugged each other and reached out to touch the simple wooden coffins at a state funeral on Saturday for some of the 291 people killed in an earthquake this week.
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South Korean 'Mock Funerals' Seek To Ease Life's Stresses
In a dimly lit room, people dressed in white burial shrouds slowly sit up inside the wooden coffins where they had been lying, enclosed, for 10 minutes. Blinking, pale and solemn, they say they thought about their past and their loved ones while inside the coffins and vow to live better lives now.
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In poll-bound Mizoram, inexpensive coffins matter a lot
Dying is expensive in Mizoram where wooden coffins burn a hole in the pockets of poor families.
