But why insist on simplicity? If the body ultimately decomposes, wouldn’t a more expensive wooden casket—mahogany, perhaps—be just as suitable? The answer speaks not only to how we honor the ...

The caskets, he said, even the solid mahogany ones that cost thousands of dollars, just disintegrate. He spoke of a case where a man was exhumed two and a half months after burial: "The casket ...

Mark and Digger scramble to clear evidence of outlaw activity; the law is one step ahead.

It was furnished by the National Casket Company of Oneida and is elaborate in design. It is made of solid crotched Santo Domingo mahogany. It measures 6 feet 3 inches in length, is 22 inches wide ...

Once finished, the watches were placed in luxury caskets made of mahogany or rosewood, lined with silk and velvet. Tissot savonnette placed in its original casket, made for the American market, 1873.

The casket featured a crudely drawn upside down white cross, and text reading, 'RIP OVO' and 'RIP Drake.' According to the police report, the two individuals prayed on their knees in front of the ...

This story appears in the April 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. Mahogany is the crown jewel of the Amazon, soaring in magnificent buttressed columns high into the forest canopy.

WSJ Opinion Docs: This 20 minute film sheds light on the worst antisemitic riot in American history, which occurred in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in 1991. The current wave of antisemitism makes ...

Players can come across many puzzles and challenges, such as Overflowing Palette, Dream Patrol, The Three Fratellis' Challenge, and Sonance Casket: Ragunna. There are a total of 12 Sonance Caskets ...