Burial
The first space burial took place on April 21, 1997, when the cremated remains (cremains, or ashes) of twenty-four people were launched into Earth orbit. The Houston-based company Celestis, Inc...
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InuitBurying bodies in ice-covered ground is no easy thing, which is why traditional Inuit (Eskimo) burial ceremonies involved placing bodies under piles of rocks or wooden blocks. It is a remarkab...
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NORWICH, Conn. _ The Mohegans were wiped out long ago in the novel "The Last of the Mohicans," but today the real American Indian tribe is flush with casino cash and using it to restore its proud p...
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Grenada's premier has called on the men convicted of leading a 1983 coup to reveal where they put the remains of slain officials, including former socialist leader Maurice Bishop.The men who killed...
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The boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith appeared in court Tuesday in his quest to "carry out what Anna Nicole wanted" on her burial, closing his eyes as her embalming was discussed.The long-distance bat...
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Anna Nicole Smith wanted to be buried next to her son in the Bahamas, where she lived, her companion testified Tuesday in the latest round of legal battles surrounding the model's death.Smith's boy...
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Archaeologists opened a Viking burial mound on Monday, seeking to learn more about two women _ possibly a queen and a princess _ laid to rest there 1,173 years ago.In 1904, the mound in southeaster...
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The dispute over Anna Nicole Smith's body could be settled this week after a ruling from a Florida appeals court.The 4th District Court of Appeal was set to hear oral arguments Wednesday about whet...
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The six adult children of singer James Brown have agreed with his partner, Tomi Rae Hynie, on where the entertainer will be buried, an attorney for the woman said Tuesday.Hynie's attorney, Robert R...
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Locusts whistled and crickets chirped in the searing Texas heat as Lady Bird Johnson was buried in a ceremony that recognized her life as a first lady, a conservationist, and a grandmother.Though s...
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Burial
Significant Burial Practices
