Burial and cremation come with some pretty major environmental problems. Both involve huge amounts of energy, resources and ...

For ten years, Dan has been dedicated to the profession of grave exhumation. He has mastered rules that he believes satisfy both the living and the deceased.

Riding an endless wave of nostalgia, one company is exhuming the intellectual property of midcentury designers to create new audiences for forgotten work. By David McCabe On a sunny evening in ...

Gordon S. Coffin, Jr., passed away at his residence in Bethlehem, PA, on December 23, 2025, at the age of 83. He was born in Bethlehem, PA, on November 17, 1942, to the late Gordon S. Coffin Sr. and ...

High on the sheer limestone cliffs in southwest China, ancient wooden coffins remain wedged into rock faces hundreds of feet above the ground. Long treated as archaeological curiosities, these ...

Bangladeshi police began exhuming on Dec. 7 a mass grave believed to contain around 114 unidentified victims of a mass uprising that toppled autocratic former prime minister Sheikh Hasina last year.

A clash erupts between students of Dhaka College and City College at Dhaka's Science Lab intersection in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on November 20, 2024. [AFP] Bangladeshi police began exhuming on Sunday a ...

In a recent study, researcher Dr. Hui Zhou and his colleagues conducted a genetic analysis of the genomes of individuals associated with the ancient Hanging Coffin tradition in Southeast and Southern ...

The Budapest History Museum found a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus during an excavation within the city. The coffin was still fully sealed, untouched by looters for centuries. The sarcophagus was ...

The business of paying respect to the dead can be an eco-unfriendly matter, whether opting for a wooden coffin that contributes to deforestation, or a cremation service that produces carbon emissions.

GLOUCESTER — “I have three rules in life,” said David Coffin. “No office. No meetings. No necktie.” Every December, the musician graces the stage of Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre as master of ...

In this video, a unique restoration project transforms an upcycled toy car made from an old wooden coffin plane and vintage Meccano parts. The restoration took nearly 4 weeks and cost approximately 35 ...