Thus afterlife is felt to be a reunion and all of life a preparation for it … Death is not understood as the end of being but rather as the end of doing. As such it is a dramatic break, a radical ...

St. Mary’s, Emmitsburg. Peg and Jack selected plain wooden caskets from the Trappist Monks of Melleray Abbey, Peosta, Iowa. Donations in Jack’s honor may be made to: Most Holy Redeemer ...

Clutching at a handkerchief, dry-eyed Elena sat up all night. In the morning a taxicab arrived with a plain wooden coffin tied on top for il piccolo.

ice fishing can be as basic as a wooden dowel ice fishing rod – having started out with rigs like this, I use the word “rod” loosely – with pegs for wrapping the line, a few jigs or plain ...

Forced to find space for yet another relative's remains, David Aaronovitch faced a modern dilemma: what to do with your family's potted history ...

Archaeologists unearth a 1,000-year-old stone coffin during A47 roadworks in Cambridgeshire, revealing Roman-era burial ...

from cremations to inhumations in stone-built tombs or wooden coffins. This find at Leeds provides a stark reminder of how death was not only a personal and familial experience but also a ...

The researchers found 11 wooden coffins - eleven for adults and one for a child - inside rocky tombs and burial shafts hundreds of feet beneath the surface of the city of Luxor. A treasure trove ...