Cremation is not an alternative to a funeral, but rather an alternative to burial or other forms of disposal.

I'd like to end with a few verses of what I wrote at my father's cremation.

The Infinity Burial Project, an alternative burial system that uses mushrooms to decompose and clean toxins in bodies.

Jae Rhim Lee My mushroom burial suit

Mass burial of victims' bodies, Houla, Syria.

Other areas where the text might be strengthened included social and cultural considerations, disposal of ashes, and pre preparation for cremation.

Why do Muslims place such importance on burial?

The seals were found in a large burial mound that was believed to have been built for wealthy or religious people.

Achebe's family has not released plans for his burial.

Burial was, for as long as there was room, usually in a graveyard adjacent to the church, with a gravestone or horizontal slab, or for the wealthy or important clergy, inside it.

Article 18 of the Act prohibits introduction into Jordanian territory of any radioactive derivatives, such as radioactive waste or residue, or their use, processing, transport, storage, licensing or burial in that territory.

Or, in the words of former United States Trade Representative Susan Schwab, writing in Foreign Affairs, the Doha talks were doomed and ready for burial.

The burial chamber measures 29.2 20.8 metres and is of simple construction.

Now the royal burial formed a unit with the 67 subsidiary tombs.

These Jews had been brought from Himyar for burial in the holy land.

Mimi could have been subjected to pressure either through burial or impact, or may have once been a dune that was cemented into flaky layers, a process that sometimes involves the action of water.

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

Localization, transport and burial of radioactive waste, deactivating materials and maintaining radioactive waste repositories

Access was via a vertical shaft that was sealed off once the burial was completed.

For in pouring this ointment on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.

But Jesus said, Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.

Also in accordance with the Programme, radioactive sources are recycled for use, if possible, or efforts are directed towards their safe burial after their preparation in accordance with technically suitable methods.

There are as many as 20,000 burial mounds, many of them being older than the Egyptian pyramids.

For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

The secrecy surrounding the date of execution, and the place of burial have the effect of intimidating or punishing families by intentionally leaving them in a state of uncertainty and mental distress.

On the other hand, the church is required to give a burial place for everyone in its graveyards.

In cases involving the death of detainees, an investigation was carried out by the Procurator's Office, whose approval was required before any burial of the deceased or issuance of a death certificate was permitted.

Two of the eight burial chambers have arcosolia, resting places made of a bench with an arch over it.

Some of the arcosolia have triangular niches where oil lamps were placed to give light during the burial process.

The marker of his burial place was removed in modern times when a railway was built over his grave.

He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

Various suggestions were made to test for signs of life before burial, ranging from pouring vinegar and pepper into the corpse's mouth to applying red hot pokers to the feet, or even into the rectum.

Pre historic age Little evidence remains in Scandinavia of the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, or the Iron Age except limited numbers of tools created from stone, bronze, and iron, some jewelry and ornaments, and stone burial cairns.

Students organized a small rally in the old Vyšehradcemetery, the burial grounds of Smetana and Dvořák in a fortress overlooking the city.

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History In ancient Athens, a person who committed suicide without the approval of the state was denied the honours of a normal burial.

In either case, the burial theory does not contradict the possibility of a violent cause of death as stated in the preceding theories.

The last of the corridor are horizontal and lead to the granite paneled door of the burial chamber, located under the tip of the pyramid.

David Rockwell The first experience people will have here when they see this is not as a construction site but as this incredibly moving burial ground.

In 1882, the deceased were permitted daylight burial in England and by the mid 20th century, suicide had become legal in much of the western world.

History The Pantheon was created under orders from Ferdinand II of Portugal, transforming the old refectory of the monastery into the burial place it is today.

Among the exhibits in the ancient history section is an actual burial mound which was transported from its site in the desert and reassembled in the museum.

You will not join them in burial, because you have destroyed your land. You have killed your people. The seed of evildoers will not be named forever.

Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.