The coffin was so heavy in part because it was ... including what may have been a young woman's dowry. "One grave of a young woman contained a collection of valuables, all laid at the feet of ...

Archaeologists Uncover a Medieval Grave With Remains of a Woman and a Fetus, Burial Offers a Rare Example of 'Coffin Birth' ...

A Roman-era cemetery, found ahead of a construction project in England, holds an unusual burial at its center.

Just why the Romans did this, though, remains a mystery. The experts that made the discovery found that the natural properties of gypsum hardened and formed a plaster-like casing, creating imprints of ...

Evidence points to the possibility that the coffin belonged to an important person, perhaps the head of a prominent family.