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The Budapest History Museum found a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus during an excavation within the city. The coffin was still fully sealed, untouched by looters for centuries. The sarcophagus was ...

The business of paying respect to the dead can be an eco-unfriendly matter, whether opting for a wooden coffin that contributes to deforestation, or a cremation service that produces carbon emissions.

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A woman in Thailand who was found alive in her coffin at a Buddhist temple was saved from organ donation and cremation because her brother didn't have a death certificate. Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a ...

A 65-year-old Thai woman believed to be dead stunned temple staff in Bangkok when they heard a faint knocking from inside her coffin after her brother brought her in for cremation. Pairat Soodthoop, ...

A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation. Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthaburi on the ...

A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation. Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthaburi on the ...

"Everyone was startled" said Pairat Soodthoop, a manager at the Wat Rat Prakhong Tham Buddhist temple Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been working in ...