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2. Cremation - Wikipedia

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   Jewelry, such as necklaces, wrist-watches and rings, are ordinarily removed before cremation, and returned to the family. Several implanted devices are required to be removed. Pacemakers and other medical devices can cause large, dangerous explosions. [55] Contrary to popular belief, the cremated remains are not ashes in the usual sense.

3. 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 ...

4. Japodian burial urns - Wikipedia

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   These cremation urns where the cremated remains of the dead were placed in, were beautifully decorated with figurative designs of humans and animals. The Japodian burial urn art was a unique form of art influenced to a degree by the Situla art of northern Illyria and Italy and by Greek art. The urns represent one of the best Japodian figurative ...

5. Urnfield culture - Wikipedia

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   Urns for ashes and dishes for grave offerings, Germany. In the Tumulus period, multiple inhumations under barrows were common, at least for the upper levels of society. In the Urnfield period, inhumation and burial in single flat graves prevails, though some barrows exist. Bronze urn from Gevelinghausen (Germany) with sun-bird-ship motifs. [117 ...

6. Funerary art - Wikipedia

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   A funerary urn in the shape of a "bat god" or a jaguar, from Oaxaca, dated to CE 300–650. [83] The Zapotec civilization of Oaxaca is particularly known for its clay funerary urns, such as the "bat god" shown at right. Numerous types of urns have been identified. [84] While some show deities and other supernatural beings, others seem to be ...

7. O.J. Simpson’s Ashes Were Made Into Jewelry for His and ...

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   O.J. Simpson’s ashes have been turned into jewelry. Four months after Simpson died at age 76 in April following his battle with cancer, the former NFL player’s lawyer Malcolm LaVergne told TMZ ...