burial ground

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Police and local officials later intervened, persuading Munda to return the remains to the burial ground and assuring him his request would be addressed.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Compounding this painful apathy is the fact that state officials were made aware of the burial ground by at least the 1970s.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

"The analyses provide insight into social organisation in the Stone Age," says Paul Wallin, Professor of Archaeology and an expert on the Ajvide burial ground.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

The storied 478-acre Brooklyn burial ground, like many across the U.S., is running out of room for new occupants.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Over the previous six days, 130 of his Lutheran congregation had been carried off, and his church’s tiny burial ground was looking more and more like a plowed field.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy