Casket stories:
Calif. man who held woman in casket convicted
Oct 10th, 2009 - The Ledger
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A California man accused of kidnapping a woman, holding her in a makeshift casket and demanding $140,000 ransom has been convicted and faces up to life in prison. Mark Herbert Warren...
Plane Carrying Kennedy's Casket Lands...
Aug 29th, 2009 - Washington Post
Thousands of well-wishers, mourners and tourists lined the Mall and the east end of the Capitol as the hearse bearing the body of Edward M. Kennedy left Andrews Air Force Base.
Hundreds file past Kennedy's casket in Boston
Aug 28th, 2009 - The Honolulu Advertiser
BOSTON ? The last time Ginger Romano saw Sen. Edward Kennedy, she wasn't at her best. As she took clothing, blankets and other supplies to a high school for people whose homes had been damaged in Boston's great blizzard of 1978...
No rest for Emmett Till even in death; boy's original casket tied to Chicago cemetery scandal
Jul 13th, 2009 - Newsday
CHICAGO (AP) - When his mother put the battered body of 14-year-old Emmett Till in the ground more than 50 years ago, it was supposed to be the end of a sad saga for the boy whose lynching became a rallying point for the civil rights movement.
Michael Jackson's family silent on burial plans
Jul 8th, 2009 - Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 31 million Americans watched Michael Jackson's public memorial on television, but mystery surrounded the whereabouts of his body on Wednesday and plans for his burial.
Casket videos from YouTube:
5:00How Coffins/Caskets Are Made
The title is self-explanatory.
5:28Operating a Frigid-brand casket lowering device
Basic overview of the operation and functionality of Frigid-brand casket lowering devices.
6:01The History of Coffins and Caskets
This clip is about the history of caskets from the first coffins to today's modern caskets.
0:36Decomposition of the Human Body in a Casket
This short clip describes what happens as the body decomposes.
Casket from WikiPedia:
A casket, or a jewelry box is a receptacle for trinkets and jewels. It may take a very modest form, covered in leather and lined with satin, or it may reach the monumental proportions of the jewel cabinets which were made for Marie Antoinette, one of which is at Windsor, and another at Versailles, the work of Schwerdfeger as cabinet maker,and his assistant Michael Reyad, Degault as miniature painter, and Thomire as chaser.
Caskets are often made in precious materials, such as gold, silver or ivory. In ancient East Asia, caskets often made in wood, china, or covered with silk. Some of these caskets could be collected as decorative boxes.
Jewelry boxes have long been treasured, for they have held precious items—sometimes valuable in themselves, sometimes valuable for their memories.
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