Burial

Burial, also called interment and (when applied to human burial) inhumation, is the act of placing a person or object into the ground. Usually, this is accomplished by digging a pit or trench, placing the person or object in it, and refilling it with the soil that was dug out of it.

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Objects are sometimes buried in order to hide them against removal or tampering. For cables and pipelines, burial provides protection and allows the convenience of walking or driving over them.

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People are often buried after they die, for a variety of reasons. The rest of this article discusses human burial.

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Burial related Images and Photos (experimental)

Burial of the Vicomte de Chateaubriand	Burial at La Moncloa in May 1808	The Burial of Count Orgaz from a Legend of 1323 1586-88	Eternal Torch At Burial Site Of John F Kennedy
Burial Party at Work Near la Belle Alliance Seven Days after the Battle	Saint Agatha's Burial	The Burial of the Sardine (Corpus Christi Festival on Ash Wednesday) circa 1812-19	Diadem Found in the Burial Mound at Khoklach
Secret Burial of Hernando de Soto at Night in the Mississippi River 1542	Burial of Victims of July Revolution in Front of Colonnade of Louvre 30th July 1830	Self Portrait Detail from the Burial of Count Orgaz 1586-88	Figure of a Bull from the Maikop Burial Mound of the Northern Caucasus 3rd Millennium BC