inhumations

noun

plural of inhumation
as in burials
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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burials
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  • Pomeroy and her colleagues excavated the remains from inside Shanidar Cave, an archaeological site in Iraqi Kurdistan famous for containing evidence of ritualistic Neanderthal burials.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Until a 1917 church law was revised in 1983, those who died by suicide were denied Catholic burials on consecrated grounds.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2026
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