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  2. List of mortuary customs - Wikipedia

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    The inscriptions on some cippi show that they were occasionally used as funeral memorials. [6] Coins for the dead is a form of respect for the dead or bereavement. The practice began in ancient Greece Roman times when people thought the dead needed coins to pay ferryman to cross the river Styx. In modern times the practice has been observed in ...

  3. Excarnation - Wikipedia

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    In archaeology and anthropology, the term excarnation (also known as defleshing) refers to the practice of removing the flesh and organs of the dead before burial. Excarnation may be achieved through natural means, such as leaving a dead body exposed to the elements or for animals to scavenge ; or by butchering the corpse by hand.

  4. List of largest funerals - Wikipedia

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    State funeral of Victor Hugo: June 1, 1885 French Third Republic: Paris: 2,000,000–3,000,000 [6] Funeral of August Spies, George Engel, Adolph Fischer, and Albert Parsons: November 13, 1887 United States: Chicago ~500,000 [7] Funeral of Wilhelm I: March 12–16, 1888 German Empire: Berlin: 200,000 [8] State funeral of Pedro II of Brazil ...

  5. Burial - Wikipedia

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    Graves are free if the owner is poor, some ancient people ancient Iranians burial colored the dead body while others feed the body to vultures and birds or burned the bodies. [39] [40] [41] Body parts cut during the procedure are sometimes buried separately. [42] Zoroastrian Towers of Silence outside Yazd, Yazd province, Iran

  6. Ancient Egyptian funerary practices - Wikipedia

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    Statues of the deceased were being included in tombs and used for ritual purposes. Burial chambers of some private people received their first decorations in addition to the decoration of the chapels. At the end of the Old Kingdom, the burial chamber decorations depicted offerings, but not people. [10] (pp 74–77)

  7. Ancient Greek funeral and burial practices - Wikipedia

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    Before dawn on the third day, the funeral procession (ekphora) formed to carry the body to its resting place. [11] Depending on the wealth of the family of the deceased, they would often hire people to mourn the dead during these processions. At the time of the funeral, offerings were made to the deceased by only a relative and lover.

  8. Cherokee funeral rites - Wikipedia

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    Cherokee grave found on Bussell Island, Tennessee, containing a skeleton and three pottery vessels. Cherokee funeral rites comprise a broad set of ceremonies and traditions centred around the burial of a deceased person which were, and partially continue to be, practiced by the Cherokee peoples.

  9. Christian burial - Wikipedia

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    The absolution of the dead was removed from the ordinary form of the Roman Rite, and replaced with the Final Commendation and Farewell, when the new Order of Christian Funerals was promulgated following the Second Vatican Council. However, the absolution of the dead remains part of the funeral service of the Tridentine Mass.