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the last box you'll ever own, sized to fit you and your dignity.
means a long, narrow box, often tapered to the body's shape, in which a corpse is placed for burial or cremation.
from From Old French 'cofin,' a basket or case, which came from Latin 'cophinus,' a basket or hamper — the same root that gives us 'coffer.' The word once meant any container, even a pie crust or a box for valuables, and only later narrowed to the one box you definitely won't be reusing.
- word origin
- From Greek kophinos, meaning basket.
- safety coffins
- Victorians built ones with bells to escape burial.
- toe pincher
- Old hexagonal shape hugged the body's silhouette.
- green options
- Mushroom suits now dissolve bodies entirely.
- price gap
- Markups can run several hundred percent.
lenin's mausoleum — vladimir lenin's embalmed body has been on display in red square, moscow since 1924
tutankhamun's nested coffins — king tut had 3 coffins, the innermost made of 110kg of solid gold, discovered in valley of the kings 1922
dracula's coffin — vlad iii's reputed coffin/grave at snagov monastery, wallachia, romania, remains archaeologically contested