pyres
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Horses were often included on early Anglo-Saxon cremation pyres as a sign of status.
From BBC • May 20, 2025
They cremated their dead on wood funeral pyres for three days, to purify the bodies of the deceased and transition their souls back into the Earth.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2024
The 13 bodies were carried on Sunday to the banks of the Bheri River and placed on pyres made of stacked wood.
From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2023
The coffins were placed on pyres newly built from bricks and dressed with flowers and black and white decorative cloth.
From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2022
From the pyres of the dead rose black columns of smoke and white-hot ashes.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
