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cemetery

[sem-i-ter-ee] / ˈsɛm ɪˌtɛr i /


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The vast Theban necropolis, comprising an area of around 10km², was Egypt’s main royal and elite cemetery for half a millennium, from ca.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

The 84-year-old will be buried at a Belgrade cemetery on Monday, in a ceremony expected to draw thousands of mourners despite international condemnation.

From Barron's Sep. 5, 2026

Another survivor, Larazus Magotsi - now 90 - walks along the long row of graves in the cemetery where most of those who died are buried.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

It originally set up shop in 2015 in an industrial corner of Gardena, near a pet cemetery.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Residents were screaming and crying and carrying everything they owned to the safest place: the cemetery, which had no houses and almost no trees to catch fire.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

A representative for the cemeteries did not immediately respond to comment.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

Turrell spoke movingly of the close friends he lost during the campaign, some of whom he buried in the field, and who are now buried in Commonwealth war cemeteries on the continent.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

As cemeteries become overcrowded, should loved ones become gardening soil?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

Odd Arne Westad begins “The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings From History” with a poignant and haunting visit to World War I memorials and cemeteries in France.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

In the fall of 1980, Maya Lin was a senior at Yale University, taking a class on funereal architecture, studying how cemeteries and monuments reflect attitudes toward death.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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