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  2. Burial vault (enclosure) - Wikipedia

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    Burial vault (enclosure) A burial vault (also known as a burial liner, grave vault, and grave liner) is a container, formerly made of wood or brick but more often today made of metal or concrete, that encloses a coffin to help prevent a grave from sinking. Wooden coffins (or caskets) decompose, and often the weight of earth on top of the coffin ...

  3. The Pirate Bay - Wikipedia

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    These are used to reference resources available for download via peer-to-peer networks which, when opened in a BitTorrent client, begin downloading the desired content. Originally, The Pirate Bay allowed users to download BitTorrent files (torrents), small files that contain metadata necessary

  4. Viewing (funeral) - Wikipedia

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    Viewing (funeral) In death customs, a viewing (sometimes referred to as reviewal, calling hours, funeral visitation in the United States and Canada) is the time that family and friends come to see the deceased before the funeral, once the body has been prepared by a funeral home. [1] It is generally recommended (although not necessary) that a ...

  5. Tomb of Alexander the Great - Wikipedia

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    The 2014 discovery of a large Alexander-era tomb at Kasta Tomb in Amphipolis in the region of Macedonia, Greece, [29] once again led to speculation about Alexander's final resting place. Some have speculated that it was built for Alexander but not used due to Ptolemy I Soter having seized the funeral cortege. [30]

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  7. Unique TV moment sees coffin lowered into the Royal Vault - AOL

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    The Duke of Edinburgh’s coffin descended into the Royal Vault during his funeral service, lowered by an electric motor. It was a moment never seen before on television, with Joe Little, managing ...

  8. The original occupant of an Egyptian sarcophagus was unknown ...

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    Another hint pointing at the real origin of the piece, according to Payraudeau, is that its second owner, the high priest Menkheperrê, had an elder half brother who was a pharaoh, Psusennes I.

  9. Burial vault (tomb) - Wikipedia

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    A burial vault is a structural stone or brick-lined underground tomb or 'burial chamber' for the interment of a single body or multiple bodies underground. The main difference between entombment in a subterranean vault and a traditional in-ground burial is that the coffin is not placed directly in the earth, but is placed in a burial chamber ...