inhumation

Example Sentences

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But it is Mr. Blair’s account of several millennia of inhumation and exhumation, rather than several centuries of fiction writing, that raises the most significant questions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

Save for a few first-century remains in one corner, the graveyard seems to be an inhumation cemetery, used during the second half of the second century—rather an early date for such a cemetery.

From Roman Britain in 1914 by Haverfield, F. (Francis)

Instances show that the two rites of inhumation and cremation were practised side by side.

From The Bronze Age in Ireland by Coffey, George

Burning begins to take the place of inhumation as a means of disposing of the dead; Continental types of weapons make their appearance in the tombs; iron swords and daggers are even found.

From The Sea-Kings of Crete by Baikie, James

He soon found that securing the substitute and securing the body of O'Iwa San for proper inhumation were kindred problems.

From The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) by De Benneville, James S. (James Seguin)