entombment

Its first step — the entombment at a nearby cemetery of the skulls of Black Philadelphians found in the collection — has drawn heavy criticism, charged by activists and some experts with being rushed and opaque.

At the center of the topsy-turvy “The Entombment” — another brushy-surfaced work from 1960 — the yellow lower half of a body could belong to Gauguin’s yellow Christ, although He seems to have been replaced by a She.

But some experts say removing all of the melted fuel debris by then is impossible and suggest a Chernobyl-style entombment of the plant, an option that could help reduce health risks while the plant’s radioactivity gradually decreases.

KRAKOW, Poland — On a slab in the middle of the stage is the body of an elderly man, being prepared for entombment.

It was 3 a.m., and thousands of people were queued in an orderly line stretching around two-thirds of a mile, waiting to see the body of one of history’s most magnificent athletes in its final moments before entombment.