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.
External links
- Urban Legend Reference Pages: Horrors (Just Dying to Get Out) (from Snopes.com)
- Can a person be buried in the backyard rather than a cemetery? (from The Straight Dope)
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Reasons for human burial |
| ► | Burial practices |
| ► | Exhumation |
| ► | Alternatives to burial |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External links |
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