burial+casket

  • 11Christian burial — Ascension Parish burial ground, Cambridge, UK. A Christian burial is the burial of a deceased person with specifically Christian ecclesiastical rites; typically, in consecrated ground. Until recent times Christians generally objected to cremation …

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  • 12Space burial — is a burial procedure in which a small sample of the cremated ashes of the deceased are placed in a capsule the size of a tube of lipstick and are launched into space using a rocket. As of 2004, samples of about 150 people have been buried in… …

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  • 13Franks Casket — The Franks Casket (or the Auzon Runic Casket) is a small [9 by 7½ by 5⅛ inches, according to Amy L. Vandersall, The Date and Provenance of the Franks Casket Gesta 11.2 (1972:9 26) p. 9; Ms Vandersall summarises the previous scholarship in setting …

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  • 14Gregory's Four Corners Burial Ground — is an old cemetery in Trumbull, Connecticut, just over the Monroe border. It was established in 1761. It is most famous for being the final resting place of Hannah Cranna , often called the Wicked Witch of Monroe .The Legend of Hannah… …

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  • 15Chasse (casket) — Limoges chasse, c. 1200, with the story of the Three Magi …

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  • 16Hudson County Burial Grounds — The Hudson County Burial Grounds are also known as the Secaucus Potter s Field and Snake Hill Cemetery and it is located in Secaucus, New Jersey. The cemetery was cleared of bodies to make room for the Secaucus Transfer Station between 1992 2003 …

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  • 17Heart-burial — is a type of burial in which the heart is interred apart from the body. This is a very ancient practice, and the special reverence shown towards the heart is doubtless due to its early association with the soul, affections, courage and conscience …

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  • 18Closed Casket — For closed casket in a burial context, see coffin. Closed Casket Studio album by Esham …

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  • 19Roman funerals and burial — In Ancient Rome, important people of the time had elaborate funerals. The funerals themselves were part of a tradition from the early Roman Republic, whereby the achievements of the dead man were celebrated alongside those of his ancestors. Hired …

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  • 20Abraham Lincoln's burial and exhumation — Abraham Lincoln was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, where a 177 foot tall granite tomb surmounted with several bronze statues of Lincoln was constructed by 1874. Lincoln s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, and three of his four sons …

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