What's the point of having a lead-lined coffin when the body's flesh and organs in a sealed tight environment will eventually decompose to a disgusting brown sludge? - Quora
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The Lead Coffins Project - Research – Historic St. Mary's City - A Museum of History & Archaeology at Maryland's First Capital
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Queen's coffin is lined with lead - Why, how it's made and how much it weighs | Royal | News | Express.co.uk
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Archaeologists open the mysterious lead coffin found buried just feet from the former grave of King Richard III
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