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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => History => Topic started by: rangerrebew on September 09, 2018, 03:23:54 pm
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‘Aerial Cemetery’ – Ancient Tradition Of ‘Hanging Coffins’
AncientPages.com | September 9, 2018
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - While many cultures bury their dead out of sight beneath a commemorative headstone or a plaque, some societies in China, Indonesia and the Philippines have been hanging their ancestors on cliff faces and in caves for many centuries.
‘Aerial Cemetery’ - Ancient Tradition Of ‘Hanging Coffins’
In China, the suspended coffins can be found hanging 33 to 164 feet high and some even as high as 328 feet above the ground. The oldest are said to be in the eastern province of Fujian, dating back 3,000 years. Also local people say the tradition has been practiced very long time, however, many of the coffins are not very well preserved.
http://www.ancientpages.com/2018/09/09/aerial-cemetery-ancient-tradition-of-hanging-coffins/ (http://www.ancientpages.com/2018/09/09/aerial-cemetery-ancient-tradition-of-hanging-coffins/)
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The "original" mausoleum?" :shrug: