The personal treasures of those buried have been provisionally dated to the late Roman Britain period (3rd-4th Centuries), and include a solid stone coffin containing a corpse set in gypsum.

Speculation was rife that someone in power was buried in the stone coffin, which dates back to the second half of the Yayoi Period (c. 1000 B.C.-250 A.D.), when the Yamatai state is believed to ...

YOSHINOGARI, Saga Prefecture--A grave with a stone coffin around 2.3 meters long and dating to the latter part of the Yayoi Period (c. 1000 B.C.-250 A.D.) was unearthed at a major archaeological ...

A bier is a platform or frame used to support a coffin or corpse ... an "exceptional" ancient Celtic burial ground and an early farming settlement from the Stone Age in the Czech Republic, among ...