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 des Chiens et Autres Animaux Domestiques” (the cemetery of dogs and other pets) is given, including an inscription in stone on a monument near the entrance. So the cemetery has […]
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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 the pristine gardens of the cemetery, the endless rows of stacked graves serves only to re-enforce this message. But with it comes a strange sense of peace. The palpable serenity […]
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CemSites’ 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 order for a burial to be “green,” the body should have as little impact upon the earth as possible. The main areas of consideration in a green burial are: The […]
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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 business from the Vietnam War was completed Monday at the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. The remains of Marine Pfc. Richard Rivenburgh were buried 37 years after his helicopter was shot […]
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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 world by the Greeks as early as 1000 bce. They seem to have adopted cremation from some northern people as an imperative of war, to ensure soldiers slain in alien […]
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Cemetery for the Homeless
For many people, homelessness in life also means indignity in death—an anonymous, budget burial. But things are changing in one major European city: CityLab’s Mimi Kirk writes that Copenhagen’s Assistens Cemetery in Denmark has set aside a section just for homeless people. More than 300,000 people are buried at Assistens, Denmark’s most famous graveyard. Previously, […]
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2,000 Year Old Pet Cemetery in Egypt
The ancient Egyptians had complicated relationships with animals. They kept a wide range of pets, from cats and dogs to hippos and falcons, and many household pets were mummified and buried with their owners. Animals were also mummified at an “industrial scale,” sold to pilgrims who offered the mummies to the gods. One catacomb at […]
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Père-Lachaise Cemetery Hailed the Most Visited Cemetery in the World
Père-Lachaise Cemetery, formal name Cimetiere de l’Est (“Cemetery of the East”), cemetery and park located on the northeast side of Paris, France. Situated on some 110 acres (44.5 hectares), amid more than 5,000 trees, it is both the largest park and the largest cemetery in Paris. Estimates concerning the number of people buried there vary […]
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Rare Spider Hides Out in London Cemetery Vaults for 150 Years
A rare species of orb weaver spider, Meta bourneti, turned up in the vaults of London’s Highgate Cemetery where it may have been lying low for the past 150 years. As an orb weaver, the species requires total darkness, so archeologists think the tombs made a perfect hideout for the spider, which normally lives in […]
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