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burial

noun as in laying in of dead body

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Kidder and Grooms emphasize that archaeologists have never found burials or evidence of long-term houses at Poverty Point.

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We were disappointed and surprised because he always said this policy could be used for his burial expenses.

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The burial site, now used as a tomato farm, was next to a military checkpoint that served for years as a base for Assad’s soldiers.

The head was then buried on grounds at the university's Cornwall campus in Penryn, without many people being aware of the burial.

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The team created a detailed map of ancient tomb sites across the country to look for patterns in how these burial locations changed through time.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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