pyres
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Horses were often included on early Anglo-Saxon cremation pyres as a sign of status.
From BBC • May 20, 2025
The 13 bodies were carried on Sunday to the banks of the Bheri River and placed on pyres made of stacked wood.
From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2023
The coffins were placed on pyres newly built from bricks and dressed with flowers and black and white decorative cloth.
From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2022
Once gathered into towering pyres, the vegetation is then set ablaze, sending lung- and heart-aggravating haze across the valley.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2022
From the pyres of the dead rose black columns of smoke and white-hot ashes.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
