as in burials
the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place
there is evidence that this ancient culture practiced cremation as well as inhumation
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burials
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These later burials are called row-grave cemeteries because the graves were perfectly parallel to one another.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
29 Apr. 2026 -
Graveyard workers declined to say how long ago the burials took place, or whether rituals were separate for each victim or held together for the group.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Inhumations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inhumations. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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