cemetery
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The arrangement of burials at the site raises the possibility that Tinshemet Cave served as a dedicated burial area or even an early cemetery.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
The nearest cemetery was 9 miles away across the Nile into Khartoum’s downtown district, but going there essentially would be a suicide run, Izzo said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
On social media, commentators have pointed out the cost of cemetery plots and queried how the new law will be regulated.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
The cemetery, too, starts to overflow, and so bodies must be burned.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
An Osage scholar once observed, “Walking through an Osage cemetery and seeing the gravestones that show the inordinate numbers of young people who died in the period is chilling.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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