burial
Example Sentences
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Two scrolls from the Egyptian ‘Book of the Dead,’ one newly restored, form the breathtaking centerpiece of a show that reveals the considerable art involved in the ancient civilization’s burial rites.
The legislation prohibits the use of residential properties "specifically for the placement of ashes" as well as the burial of remains outside of cemeteries and areas where ecological burial is legal.
From BBC
After decades working in mortuaries, a campaigner hopes to provide the UK's first human composting service as an alternative to cremation or burial.
From BBC
It illuminates not just burial rites but artists’ ingenuity.
Jaward and Ragheb's burial comes just a day after another family in the same neighbourhood buried two children and their mother.
From BBC
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