The unusual coffin was discovered along the A47 road, which connects the West Midlands city of Birmingham to Suffolk. According to officials, the coffin, made of stone and carved by hand ...
The announcement was made last week by National Highways, a government-owned transportation authority in England. The unusual coffin was discovered along the A47 road, which connects the West Midlands ...
There were social customs around grave goods, coffin materials, and site layouts that varied between urban and rural areas. This find hints that the settlement along the A47 held importance, possibly ...
The stone coffin contains a "gypsum burial"—a funerary practice where the deceased was encased in gypsum plaster, or a similar material, to form a protective "cocoon" around the body.