Instead of a steel lined casket, the deceased are wrapped in a shroud, often made from cotton, linen or silk, and placed in a woven basket or pine box before they are lowered into a grave ...

As per his request, Francis will be laid to rest in an understated underground vault at St. Mary Major Basilica ... moving through the grand archway gates into the piazza. A choir’s chant ...

“After Prince Philip’s funeral, his coffin was lowered into what’s called the royal vault at St. George’s, and there it remained until the death of the queen,” says Hardman. “After the ...

into the heady atmosphere of freedom and possibility offered by this amazing place at that amazing time. ♪♪ ♪♪ -It was 1968, the Lower East Side, and we were taking a photo shoot.

On a recent afternoon, two Australian tourists sprinted past the oak settles, the coffin stools and me faster ... Below me, bracken-dappled hills ripple into the distance. With its magical mix ...

As the night fell on Rome, a long line of mourners — children, nuns, tourists and others — still waited outside the ...

Shocking video captures the moment a group of pallbearers fell into a grave during the attempted burial of a loved one in Philadelphia.Video shows a group of men carrying the casket of Benjamin ...

Then the unimaginable as they put down the casket, the wood platform above the burial site collapses. The men tumbling into the grave. It was just *** horrible incident that happened in *** bad ...