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2. The Ashes urn - Wikipedia

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   The Ashes urn is a small urn made of terracotta and standing 10.5 cm (4.1 inches) high, [1] long believed to contain the ashes of a cricket bail or the burnt remains of a lady's veil. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was presented to Ivo Bligh , the captain of the England cricket team , as a personal gift after a friendly match hosted at Rupertswood mansion in ...

3. Cremation - Wikipedia

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   After final grinding, the ashes are placed in a container, which can be anything from a simple cardboard box to a decorative urn. The default container used by most crematoria, when nothing more expensive has been selected, is usually a hinged, snap-locking plastic box.

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. Remains of nearly 30 Civil War veterans found in a ... - AOL

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   The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers – but nothing linking them to the Civil War. Still, that was enough for an ...

6. Coffin - Wikipedia

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   For a direct cremation a cardboard box is sometimes used. Those who wish to have a funeral visitation (sometimes called a viewing ) or traditional funeral service will use a coffin of some sort. Some choose to use a coffin made of wood or other materials like particle board or low-density fibreboard.

7. The Ashes - Wikipedia

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   The contents of the urn are reputed to be the ashes of a wooden bail, and were humorously described as "the ashes of Australian cricket". [3] It is not clear whether that "tiny silver urn" is the same as the small terracotta urn given to Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) by Bligh's widow after his death in 1927.