The curious case of hanging coffins in China

Reportedly, these particular hanging coffins were left behind by the Bo people, a Chinese ethnic group considered to have been lost since the ...

The historical Hanging Coffin populations share partial genetic affinity · The mtDNA diversity of the Hanging Coffin people in southern China is ...

The astounding hanging coffins of China have perplexed researchers for over 2200 years. Clinging perilously to cliffs, these coffins hold ...

perched hundreds of feet above the river bed. is one of the greatest mysteries in all of China. the hanging coffins of the Bow People. as ...

perched hundreds of feet above the river bed. is one of the greatest mysteries in all of China. the hanging coffins of the Bow People. as ...

Deep within the rugged mountains of China, the hanging coffins of the Bow people dangle precariously from sheer cliffs.

inside Sagada, Philippines Instead of being placed into the ground, the coffins are hung either inside the caves or on the face of the ...

We in the west have very different ways of dealing with death, and many may find such practices morbid and strange. In places like Sagada, ...

They were known for their odd burial tradition. called hanging coffins. The hanging coffins are mounted high on the cliff faces, some even ...

The elderly carve their own coffins out of hollowed logs. If they are too weak or ill, their families prepare their coffins instead. The dead ...

Explore the mysterious 400-year-old wooden tombs hanging on a Chinese cliff face in Sichuan province. Discover the ancient burial tradition ...

History testifies how we have, for years, used creative burial ways — from elaborate tombs to hanging the coffins. Yes, the hanging coffin ...

High up on the steep cliffs and between the rock cracks of Mount Wuyi in Fujian Province, hanging coffins are created for the ancestors of ...

Coffins are carved by the elderly Igorots before they die. If an elderly person is too weak/ill to do so, their son/other relative does it.

These hanging coffins were found on sides of mountains and maintained on top by wooden stakes. These coffins were constructed by the Bo people.

In June, three ancient "hanging coffins" were found in a rock cave on the bank of the Yangtze River in Zigui, Yichang of Central China's Hubei ...

New Delhi: There are mysterious hanging coffins one can see from the mountain cliffs in Gongxian, Sichuan province of China.The hanging coffin ...

A cliff overlooking the Yangtze River is an unusual sight. On the steep cliffs that reach hundreds of meters high hang coffins thousands of ...

Ship-shaped coffins put into crevices had been a unique funeral and bury form for the ancient Ba people, who lived in the Three Gorges region.

The coffins are carved from a single piece of durable wood and have been hung high in the vertical limestone cliffs, defying an understanding of ...