New Delhi: There are mysterious hanging coffins one can see from the mountain cliffs in Gongxian, Sichuan province of China. The hanging coffin was the most widespread form of burial in ancient southwest China. However, the practice ended with the mysterious disappearance of the Bo People. Those who came after knew them from the hanging […]

King Richard III’s rediscovered resting place is turning out more mysteries this summer. Excavators finally lifted the heavy lid of a medieval stone coffin found at the site in Leicester, England, only to reveal another lead coffin inside. The “coffin-within-a-coffin” is thought to have been sealed in the 13th or 14th century — more than […]