crypt
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Inside the memorial is a crypt containing the remains of more than 1,000 other soldiers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
When the structure is completed and the scaffolding dismantled, the tower will be blessed on June 10 to coincide with the centenary of the death of Gaudi, whose body lies in the basilica's crypt.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
If that stem cell develops epigenetic changes, every cell within the crypt inherits them.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026
The crypt was also damaged during another break in, also in 2019, and the church said at the time that several mummified remains - including the 400-year-old remains of a nun - were desecrated.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2025
Mother Slaughter and Josiah Worthington, Bart., accompanied Mr. Owens to the crypt of the old chapel, and they told Mrs. Owens the news.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
Vocabulary lists containing crypt
"The Cask Of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
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