Forks, chopsticks, and money oh my!

(but not Hollywood, sorry Dorthy)

  

  The oldest wooden coffin in archeological history is said to be from 3,000 years ago in the Sichuan region of Chinese. Not to say the Chinese invented the coffin, rather, the current cultural heritage the people of that land are endowed with give them the claim to fame through our known historical burial procedures pertaining to this style. And with the shifting trends of what may be called knowledge and information, which are as fluid as the scientific realm of research (i.e. wishy-washy), this "historical" fact might be changing as quickly as a baby's diaper.

 

    One week egg yolks are healthy, the next they're not, and finally we come full circle to accept that cholesterol is an integral part of the human body and necessary for functioning our adrenal system, brain, and stomach bile . . . but in moderation. So when I say China invented the restaurant menu, toilet paper, or coffin i mean that as far as current discoveries in this field have disclosed as of yet - China holds rank as "inventor" but there may be more coffins underground waiting to be discovered by a surprised archeologist in Sweden, Africa, or even a sunken Atlantean city.

 (If so, i hope the deceased left secret messages in form of crystals which only Ecco the Dolphin can activate with his sonar skills)

That said, there are older burial mounds and tombs around the world like the Bronze Age stone coffin in Siberia (5,000 years old), Newgrange's monument (5,000 years), Shepseskaf-Ankh's tomb (4,000 years), and the Vulture Lord’s tomb (2,500 years). But none as old as the Sichuan Chinese coffins, which are also hanging on mountain sides by the hundreds! So ancient China gets bonus points for style.

*The runner-up award for antiquity and style also goes to China for their 2,700 year old Druid/Shamman coffin, in which the blond haired Celt was surrounded by two pounds of psycho-active cannabis!!!