Construction crews working on a highway in Britain have unearthed an ancient, hand-carved stone coffin that weighs as much as a large male polar bear—some 1,650 pounds. According to a statement ...

YOSHINOGARI, Saga Prefecture--The lids of a stone coffin that may contain the remains of a powerful person from the latter part of the Yayoi Period (c. 1000 B.C.-250 A.D.) were lifted here on June 5.

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 ...