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View definitions for resting place

resting place

noun as in basis

noun as in couch

noun as in destination

noun as in finish line

noun as in lair

noun as in oasis

noun as in perch

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The Paris Catacombs, underground galleries that are the final resting place for millions of bodies disinterred from the capital's cemeteries between the Middle Ages and the French Revolution, are to become modernised, with better ventilation, lighting and an improved layout.

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For the first time in more than a century, since Howard Carter unearthed the final resting place of King Tut, Egyptologists have uncovered a decorated royal tomb in the Luxor area, west of the famous Valley of the Kings burial site.

Legend also casts it as the final resting place of pilgrims from across the world seeking salvation.

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Until then they will stay under the nightly terror of drones so that they can remain close to their son's final resting place.

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But the chance to meet Barrett at Reagan’s final resting place was a close second.

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