as in burial
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place
there is evidence that this ancient culture practiced cremation as well as inhumation
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Noun
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The elaborate nature of the burial site, adorned with a handwoven shell cap atop the boy’s head, along with shells, knives and all sorts of other ritual objects, may have been intended to ward off future evil events like the one that sealed this boy’s fate.—
Sara Novak,
Scientific American,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Through burial, family and community come together to honor a life lived and to escort the soul forward with dignity, reverence, and love.—
Rabbi Moishe Kievman,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Jan. 2026
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During his campaign, Duterte compared himself favorably to Hitler, and encouraged citizens to open funeral parlors to accommodate the impending body count.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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But before the country could commemorate him, and ahead of his funeral Wednesday, forensic teams combed a cemetery in northern Gaza, working to locate, exhume and identify his remains as part of a broad effort involving search teams, intelligence officers and forensic dentists.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Inhumation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhumation. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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