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Part of me, upon seeing the title, wanted this to be an updated version of the Safety Coffin¹. ¹https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin https://en.wikipedi

• duskwuff 7y ago
  There are some interesting parallels between these two artifacts. Both were made in the hope of aiding the dead in the afterlife -- in a spiritual sense in ancient Egypt, and in a much more literal sense in the 18th century.
• basementcat 7y ago
  For whatever reason you reminded me of coffin torpedoes. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/coffin-torpedos https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/coffin-torpedos
• mantap 7y ago
  I was imagining a collection of books inside the coffin, just in case the dearly departed became restless inside there.