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  2. Pyre - Wikipedia

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    An Ubud cremation ceremony in 2005. A pyre (Ancient Greek: πυρά, romanized: purá; from πῦρ (pûr) 'fire'), [1] [2] also known as a funeral pyre, is a structure, usually made of wood, for burning a body as part of a funeral rite or execution. As a form of cremation, a body is placed upon or under the pyre, which is then set on fire.

  3. List of burial mounds in the United States - Wikipedia

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    An Early Marksville culture site located near Port Gibson in Claiborne County, Mississippi, on a bluff 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the Mississippi River, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the mouth of the Big Black River. [7] The site has an extant burial mound, and may have possibly had two others in the past. The site is believed to have been occupied ...

  4. Urn - Wikipedia

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    Funerary urns (also called cinerary urns and burial urns) have been used by many civilizations. After death, corpses are cremated , and the ashes are collected and put in an urn. Pottery urns, dating from about 7000 BC, have been found in an early Jiahu site in China, where a total of 32 burial urns are found, [ 1 ] and another early finds are ...

  5. List of burial places of presidents and vice presidents of ...

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    Burial places of presidents and vice presidents of the United States are located across 23 states and the District of Columbia. Since the office was established in 1789, 45 people have served as President of the United States. [A] Of these, 40 have died. The state with the most presidential burial sites is Virginia with seven.

  6. Disposal of human corpses - Wikipedia

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    A ground burial is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objects in it, and covering it over. Humans have been burying their dead for over 100,000 years. Burial practices and rites varied from culture to culture in the past and still vary to this day. [2] Burial is often seen as indicating respect for the ...

  7. Flat grave - Wikipedia

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    A flat grave is a burial in a simple oval or rectangular pit. The pit is filled with earth, but the grave is not marked above the surface by any means such as a tumulus or upstanding earthwork. [1] Both intact human bodies (skeletal grave) and cremated remains (urn grave) were buried in the graves.

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