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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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.

  4. Cremation - Wikipedia

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    Cremation is a method of final disposition of a dead body through burning. [1] Cremation may serve as a funeral or post-funeral rite and as an alternative to burial. In some countries, including India, Nepal, and Syria, cremation on an open-air pyre is an ancient tradition. Starting in the 19th century, cremation was introduced or reintroduced ...

  5. Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions - Wikipedia

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    Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions (formerly the Aurora Casket Company) is one of the largest manufacturers of caskets and funerary urns in the United States, selling over 38% of the country's caskets as of 2005. The Aurora, Indiana–based company is a subsidiary of Pittsburgh-based Matthews International.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Saint Meinrad Archabbey - Wikipedia

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    Abbey Caskets is a work of Saint Meinrad Archabbey. Founded in 1999, Abbey Caskets offers handcrafted wooden caskets and cremation urns directly to the public. The caskets and cremation urns are made from solid hardwoods, in the choice of poplar, cherry, walnut and oak.

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