interred

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In 1989, during the French revolutionary bicentennial celebrations, Condorcet was symbolically interred in the Panthéon, but Brissot, who advocated the export of the revolution to other nations by force, remains a less-celebrated figure.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Evidence suggests the site was prepared with care, and the victims were interred with personal belongings such as bronze jewellery and ceramic drinking vessels.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

The next morning, we detour north to the Ossuaire de Douaumont, where the remains of 130,000 unknown French and German soldiers who died in the Battle of Verdun are interred inside a giant stone memorial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

The jewels "cannot be treated as specimens" but as the "sacred body and originally interred offerings to the sacred body" of the Buddha, the post said.

From BBC • May 6, 2025

The Chinchorro mummies were often repainted, indicating that they were not quickly interred but kept on display, perhaps for years.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann