Undeniably, the act of dropping soil onto graves during burial ceremonies carries profound symbolism across various cultures, ...

These endlessly useful wooden structures are ideal for building Halloween creations, and even better, pallets can often be ...

Coffin weaving workshops teach people how to make an alternative to traditional wooden caskets to suit their loved ones while ...

That’s why, for centuries, Jews have been buried in simple wooden caskets — most often, the proverbial plain pine box. The practice is rooted in Genesis, where God creates mankind from the ...

The Balochistan Liberation Army has issued a series of demands surrounding the hijacking in Pakistan's Balochistan province ...

The coffin, a life-size wood-and-iron box, sits in the middle of Kate Mueller's living room as if in preparation for a wake, but its intricate details — drawers, windows, an elaborate hand ...

Another option is a cardboard coffin. "They're tested to exactly the same standard as a wooden coffin” says Gemma Johnson of the Association of Green Funeral Directors. “They can be personalised.

BEIRA: In a dilapidated building in Mozambique’s Indian Ocean city of Beira, a dozen young men work away at handcrafting humble coffins from wooden pallets discarded by cargo ships that dock at ...