Ashes
ASHES are the irreducible dry residue of fire. They may be burnt offerings, such as the cremation of a human body, the sacrificial burning of an animal, or the ritual burning of a plant. Ashes h...
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For the purposes of this paper, it is important that we take the time to define a term.
cremation
\Cre*ma"tion\ (kr"-m""sh"n), n. [L. crematio.] A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating t...
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The charred hut and blackened chimney are all that remain of what was one of Israel's best-kept secrets.It was the Jewish state's first and only crematorium. But more than that, it was a symbol. To...
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Dwight Smith and his mother made several trips to Ireland over the years, reveling in the beauty of the Killarney lakes in the southwest corner of the country.When Smith's mother died in August, th...
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Phnom Penh (dpa) - A San Francisco police officer who apparently
shot himself while in police custody on paedophilia charges has been
unceremonially cremated in a lonely rit...
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Erika Ortiz, the youngest sister of Spain's Crown Princess Letizia, was to be cremated on Thursday in Madrid, the Royal Palace said, as her sudden death topped the headlines across the country.King...
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Archaeologists in Greece have discovered a rare 2,700-year-old piece of fabric inside a copper urn from a burial they speculated imitated the elaborate cremation of soldiers described in Homer's "I...
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They're presentable, environmentally friendly and burn faster: cardboard "eco-coffins" may just be the solution to long queues at Hong Kong's busy crematoriums, officials say.
Health offic...
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Harare (dpa) - Cemeteries in the Zimbabwean capital Harare are
almost full and it is getting increasingly difficult to find space to
bury people, it was reported Tuesday.
...
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Ashes
A Few Things about Cremations and What It All Could Mean
Cremation: Israel's latest religious war
