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  2. Hanging coffins - Wikipedia

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    Hanging coffins in China are known in Mandarin as xuanguan ( simplified Chinese: 悬 棺; traditional Chinese: 懸 棺; pinyin: xuán guān) which also means "hanging coffin". They are an ancient funeral custom of some ethnic minorities. The most famous hanging coffins are those which were made by the Bo people (now extinct) of Sichuan and Yunnan.

  3. Natural burial - Wikipedia

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    A natural burial grave site. It is sometimes advocated that the landscape is modified as little as possible, and in this case, only a flat PAY GORN stone marker was used. Natural burial is the interment of the body of a dead person in the soil in a manner that does not inhibit decomposition but allows the body to be naturally recycled.

  4. Etruscan art - Wikipedia

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    These images have, therefore, a very limited value for a realistic representation of the Etruscan population. It was only from the end of the 4th century B.C. that evidence of physiognomic portraits began to be found in Etruscan art and Etruscan portraiture became more realistic. 575–480 BC – Archaic period. Prosperity continued to grow ...

  5. Archaeologists Found 11 Canoes Buried in a Wisconsin Lake—and ...

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    The Wisconsin Historic Society has now found what it believes are 11 canoes, all from what was likely an ancient lakeshore, each serving as its own discreet time capsule of sorts. The oldest of ...

  6. Service Corporation International - Wikipedia

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    By unifying its network of funeral homes and cemeteries under one brand name, SCI believed it could establish recognizable and communicable brand values. Between 2002 and 2006, SCI reduced its net debt (total debt minus cash) by more than US$ 1.0 billion, increased operating cash flow, and simplified its field management organization to enhance ...

  7. File:Sagada Hanging Coffins.jpg - Wikipedia

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  8. Coffin ship - Wikipedia

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    Replica of the "good ship" Jeanie Johnston, which sailed during the Great Hunger when coffin ships were common. No one ever died on the Jeanie Johnson. A coffin ship ( Irish: long cónra) is a popular idiom used to describe the ships that carried Irish migrants escaping the Great Irish Famine and Highlanders displaced by the Highland Clearances.

  9. List of films with post-credits scenes - Wikipedia

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    The credits are designed to look like the old Pop Up Video show, with video of Malcolm dancing to old hip hop songs. Massu Engira Masilamani In a post-credits deleted scene, Ghost, Jet Li and S. Shankari, Manini reunites with Masss, and they get married, but Jettu remains on earth