burial
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Recent studies exploring fossil biomolecules suggest that certain burial environments and microscopic bone structures may create stable conditions that slow chemical breakdown dramatically.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
The monuments are of all types, including prehistoric burial mounds, Roman forts, early Christian carved stones and industrial mills.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
To minimize the psychological distress of the families during the burial process, Pourzahedian said he used cotton and paper to reconstruct the physical form of the victims within the shrouds.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
The shrine is the ornate burial place of Ali -- the Prophet Mohammed's son-in-law, the fourth Islamic caliph and the first Shia Imam.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
During the washing process and burial, we would refer to the dead by their Hebrew names, and their Yiddish names if we didn’t know the former.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Vocabulary lists containing burial
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -al, -ial
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"Taste of Salt" by Frances Collins, Chapters 13–18
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Doctor Faustus
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