inhumation

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But it is Mr. Blair’s account of several millennia of inhumation and exhumation, rather than several centuries of fiction writing, that raises the most significant questions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 21, 2025

The commonest method was some form of inhumation in pits, graves, or holes in the ground, in stone graves or cysts, in mounds, beneath or in houses, or in caves.

From Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 by Various

The earlier period is characterized by the practice of inhumation in barrows made of clays, stones or sand, according to the district.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" by Various

Most decidedly the finger of heaven must be recognised in the impenetrability of the mysterious inhumation performed by Moiselet.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 381, July 18, 1829 by Various

The spot for inhumation is generally chosen on the advice of magicians who are supposed to know the sites which are likely to be most favourable to the deceased.

From Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm by Landor, Arnold Henry Savage