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

It is the general opinion, that during this period the practice of inhumation, or simple burial, was commoner than that of cremation or burning, though each method was adopted.

From The Ethnology of the British Islands by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

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

Lycurgus was perhaps the only Grecian legislator who recommended inhumation in temples and in cities, to accustom youth to the daily spectacle of death.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

He identified the change from 57cremation to inhumation with that from heathenism to Christianity.

From Anglo-Saxon Literature by Earle, John