Cemetery

A cemetery or graveyard is a place (usually an enclosed area of land) in which dead bodies are buried. The term cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are the place where the final ceremonies of death are observed. These ceremonies or rites differ according to cultural practice and religious belief.

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From the 7th to the late 18th century, European burial was under the control of the church and on sacrosanct church ground. Bodies were buried in a mass grave until they had decomposed. The bones were then exhumed and stored in ossuaries either along the arcaded bounding walls of the cemetery or within the church under floor slabs and behind walls.

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Sacrosanct: Sacrosanctity was a right of tribunes in Ancient Rome to not be harmed physically. Plebeians took an oath to regard anyone who laid hands on a tribune as an outlaw liable to be killed without penalty. The term comes from the phrase sacer esto ("let him be accursed") and reflects that violation of a ...

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Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery (MOD)	Cemetery at Parimaribo from Voyage a Surinam 1839	Iwo Jima Memorial Arlington Cemetery Virginia USA	Curious Cemetery under the Capuchin Monastery Near Syracuse Engraved Joseph Constantine Stadler
Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery	The Proposed Grand National Cemetery 1830	Tombstones in a Cemetery Poulnabrone Dolmen the Burren County Clare Republic of Ireland	The Parish Church and Cemetery of Fauxbourg Engraved by the Artist