Members of the Igorot tribe of Mountain Province in northern Philippines have long practised the tradition of burying their dead in hanging coffins, nailed to […]
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A Cemetery Underwater: Neptune Memorial Reef
The fact that we are all going to die one day is not something that I like to think about at all. For me, it […]
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A Host of Mummies, a Forest of Secrets
In the middle of a terrifying desert north of Tibet, Chinese archaeologists have excavated an extraordinary cemetery. Its inhabitants died almost 4,000 years ago, yet […]
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Dargavs Village: City of the Dead
This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance. The village of Dargavs, or the City of the Dead, […]
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Le Cimetière des Chiens — the Dog Cemetery in Asnières-sur-Seine
While the cemetery is commonly referred to as simply “Le Cimetière des Chiens,” you’ll see a few places where the longer name of “Le Cimetière […]
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Sucre’s General Cemetery
As you enter Sucre’s general cemetery, a bold sign above the imposing white entrance warns Hodie Mihi Cras Tibi: Today Me, Tomorrow You. Walking around […]
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CemSite’s Christmas Party
Having a great time with the crew few days before Christmas! Filled with food, presents, and lots of laughter.
Green Burials
Green burial, also called a natural burial, is an environmentally friendly burial that aims to have as little impact on the earth as possible. In […]
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Unfinished Business From the Vietnam War
SAN DIEGO — In a ceremony that was brief but redolent of the sacrifice and pain of war, one of the last bits of unfinished […]
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Cremation
Cremation, the practice of reducing a corpse to its essential elements by burning. The practice of cremation on open fires was introduced to the Western […]
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