burial
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Around 110,000 years ago, formal burial practices began to appear in Israel for the first time anywhere in the world.
From Science Daily • Apr. 12, 2026
The pope will personally carry the cross through all 14 stations retracing Christ's journey, from his condemnation to his crucifixion and to his burial, according to Vatican sources.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Druid Kristoffer Hughes, who recently returned from the US where terramation is legal in several states, said he believed the practice could offer a "deeply ecological and spiritually meaningful" alternative to cremation or burial.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
It illuminates not just burial rites but artists’ ingenuity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
In Ofnet Cave in Bavaria, archaeologists discovered the remains of thirty-eight foragers, mainly women and children, who had been thrown into two burial pits.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary lists containing burial
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -al, -ial
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"Taste of Salt" by Frances Collins, Chapters 13–18
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Doctor Faustus
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