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  • Hell Someone invented convertible hospital beds that turn into coffins Thom Dunn
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  • Mortsafe in Towie churchyard, Aberdeenshire. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.
    History Mortsafes: metal cages around graves Popkin
  • archaeology Marge Simpson is depicted on this 3,500-year-old Egyptian coffin Allan Rose Hill
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    death Why bells used to be attached to 19th century coffins Popkin
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