A family may buy a family plot in a churchyard for more than one family member. Burials take up a lot of land. A church, especially in a town or village, may not have the space to increase the burial ground. This is one reason a cremation is encouraged nowadays. Sometimes, very ancient plots may be reused for fresh burials.
More probably in four coffins: two of mahogany, one of lead, and one of iron.
I do not know of any US President that was buried in such a way.
If you were a king you got buried in more than slaves, King Tut got buried in 8 along with 1,450 pairs of underwear.
In a wooden box or nothing
A crypt is a repository for coffins; it serves a similar purpose to a graveyard but the coffins are not buried underground, they are stored in a room.
Yes. In some cases, the coffins were protected with iron cages surrounding them, to prevent grave robbers from stealing fresh bodies.
to be translated to the after life
to be translated to the after life
Egyptian coffins were where you had your loved ones buried in.(If you could afford it). And all Egyptians of the royal family bloodline were buried in them. And tey are called sarcofegifs.
He was never in the coffin to begin with when it was cemented the coffins were switched off camera
The Pope was buried in three coffins, the first of wood, the second of zinc, which is sealed, and the third, external one, which is also made of wood.
To confine the dead body, plus, when the body is buried it stops the body being eaten or rotting.