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  2. List of types of funerary monument - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of types of funerary monument, a physical structure that commemorates a deceased person or a group, in the latter case usually those whose deaths occurred at the same time or in similar circumstances. It differs from a basic tomb or cemetery in that while it may or may not contain the body of the deceased, its primary purpose is ...

  3. Gravestone - Wikipedia

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    Irish geologist Patrick Wyse Jackson mused on gravestone legibility in 1993 with regards to the different types of stone available: The use of slate for this plaque was a good choice as it weathers very slowly and the quality of the carved lettering remains good for many years. Many (Irish) gravestones from the mid 1700s and 1800s are made of ...

  4. Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    The rural cemetery or garden cemetery [26] is a style of burial ground that uses landscaping in a park-like setting. It was conceived in 1711 by the British architect Sir Christopher Wren , who advocated the creation of landscaped burial grounds which featured well-planned walkways which gave extensive access to graves and planned plantings of ...

  5. Category:Burial monuments and structures - Wikipedia

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    M. Makam Keramat Tujuh; Makam Papan Tinggi; Maqam (shrine) Maqam an-Nabi Yusha' Mastaba; Matzevah; Mausoleum; Mausoleum of Surgi Mufti; Mausoleo Schilizzi; Maymūnah Stone

  6. Burial - Wikipedia

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    An exception to this is a grave in the military cemetery in Jerusalem, where there is a kever achim (Hebrew: "grave of brothers") where two soldiers were killed together in a tank and are buried in one grave. As the bodies were so fused together with the metal of the tank that they could not be separately identified, they were buried in one ...

  7. Grave - Wikipedia

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    Burial vault. A vault is a structure built within the grave to receive the body. It may be used to prevent crushing of the remains, allow for multiple burials such as a family vault, retrieval of remains for transfer to an ossuary, or because it forms a monument. Grave backfill. The soil returned to the grave cut following burial.

  8. Funerary art - Wikipedia

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    Some of the North American mounds, such as Grave Creek Mound (c. 250–150 BCE) in West Virginia, functioned as burial sites, while others had different purposes. [87] Death's head, Boston MA. The earliest colonist graves were either unmarked, or had very simple timber headstone, with little order to their plotting, reflecting their Puritan ...

  9. List of mortuary customs - Wikipedia

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    Ship burial is a burial in which a ship or boat is used either as the tomb for the dead and the grave goods, or as a part of the grave goods itself. Shrine is a sacred or holy space dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, daemon, or similar figure of respect, wherein they are venerated or worshipped.

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