Members of the Igorot tribe of Mountain Province in northern Philippines have long practiced the tradition of burying their dead in hanging coffins, nailed to the sides of cliff faces high above the ground. Comfortably predating the arrival of the Spanish, the procedure can probably be traced back more than two millennia. To this day, […]
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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 is such an unlikely thing, which I rarely consider my mortality, or even worse, that of my loved ones. In the rare occasion, I think about the remote possibility of […]
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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 their bodies have been well preserved by the dry air. The cemetery lies in what is now China’s northwest autonomous region of Xinjiang, yet the people have European features, with […]
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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 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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A Resting Place That’s Still Active
Not far from the Harvard University campus, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Mt. Auburn Street is busy and clogged with traffic during the morning rush hour as commuters and their cars creep across the urban landscape of auto shops, supermarkets, and liquor stores. But as I turn into the Egyptian Revival gateway of Mount Auburn Cemetery, a […]
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Mukilteo’s pioneer cemetery and its history
Every town has its own history, from large metropolitan area such as New York City all the way down to the small, rural towns in the midwest. More and more, people are turning to websites such as Ancestry.com (and similar) to find out about their history. One town took it upon themselves to tell the […]
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Archeologists become crime scene investigators to 2,500 year old remains
For a city that as been around for more than 3,400 years, it’s no wonder why the nation of Greece made it the nation’s capital. Athens helped bring about a democratic system to the world, philosophy and traditions–such as the Olympics–that we still use today. And the city of Athens continues to bring new historical […]
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Teacher learn about student engagement at cemetery
Cemeteries are a great place for people to learn about their community, the changing times throughout history, and even about themselves. This idea is not lost on Baylor University’s School of Education, which held a three-day summit for its first Social Studies Teachers’ Academy as part of their Heart of Texas Council for the Social […]
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Jewish homesteader cemetery added to National Register of Historic Places
Every year, professional review boards in each state review applications for sites to become historical landmarks, from churches and buildings to roadways. These applications once reviewed and vetted at the state level, are then submitted to the National Parks Service which reviews the application to determine if a location should be added to the National Register of Historic Places. […]
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