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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who attended the reburial with museum representatives and traditional leaders, said the repatriation followed negotiations between the university and the government that started in 2022.
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Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
The Menominee held repatriation ceremonies and a feast to celebrate their return and reburial two days later.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 18 Nov. 2025
The reburials began in the 1920s and peaked in the 1940s, after San Francisco voters formally approved the eviction of the dead in 1937.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Just as fascinating are Poe’s burial and his reburial 26 years later, an exhumation that adds to his mystique, even if the raw particulars of that reburial do nothing to justify the urban legend of his living entombment.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
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Mogomotsi Magome, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
The Menominee held repatriation ceremonies and a feast to celebrate their return and reburial two days later.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 18 Nov. 2025
The reburials began in the 1920s and peaked in the 1940s, after San Francisco voters formally approved the eviction of the dead in 1937.
—Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
Just as fascinating are Poe’s burial and his reburial 26 years later, an exhumation that adds to his mystique, even if the raw particulars of that reburial do nothing to justify the urban legend of his living entombment.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Reburial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reburial. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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