cemetery
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For another assignment he received a pin for a location inside a Lithuanian cemetery and was told to dig beneath some plastic flowers.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
In 2013, attackers desecrated a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Unpopulated nightclubs as empty as a cemetery at midnight.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
He’s now buried right next to a baby girl who died at 4 months and had, until his burial, lain in the cemetery alone without anyone by her side.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
Refuses now to step back inside the cemetery.
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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Male sacrificial victims were concentrated near the East Gate, while female sacrificial remains were found in elite cemeteries including Huangchengtai and Hanjiagedan.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 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
With cemeteries inaccessible, they resorted to schools, mosques, backyards, sidewalks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026
The legislation prohibits the use of residential properties "specifically for the placement of ashes" as well as the burial of remains outside of cemeteries and areas where ecological burial is legal.
From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026
Fortified towns emerged in the third millennium B.C., with cemeteries whose great variation between unadorned and luxuriously furnished graves bespeaks emerging class differences.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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