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burial burial
burial disposal of a corpse in a grave or tomb . The first evidence of deliberate burial was found in European caves of the Paleolithic period. Prehistoric discoveries include both individual and communal burials, the latter indicating that pits or ossuaries were unsealed for later use or that... Read more
Machpelah Machpelah
Machpelah , cave, near Hebron; also called the Cave of the Patriarchs. The Book of Genesis relates that it was bought by Abraham from Ephron, son of Zohar the Hittite, for a family burial place. The Mosque of Ibrahim, which now encloses the site, may be a successor to a structure built by the... Read more
Taphonomy Taphonomy
Taphonomy Taphonomy, from the Greek, taphos, meaning tomb or grave, and nomy, meaning classification, is a field of paleontology, paleo-anthropology, and bioarcheology that studies human and animal remains in relation to the post-mortem (after death) transformations that occur in burial sites. In a... Read more
grave grave
grave space excavated in the earth or rock for the burial of a corpse. When a grave is marked by a protective or memorial structure it is often referred to as a tomb . See burial ; funeral customs .... Read more
Hopewell Hopewell
HOPEWELL HOPEWELL is the name given to a distinctive, widely shared cultural expression flourishing between a.d. 1 and 400 among locally rooted societies from the Kansas City area to upstate New York, and from southern Ontario and northern Wisconsin to peninsular Florida. Hopewell has no single... Read more
lychgate lychgate
lychgate a roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used at burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman's arrival; a lychway is a path along which a corpse has been carried to burial, which was supposed in some districts to establish a right of way. The first element comes from Old English... Read more
Memphis (Egypt) Memphis (Egypt)
Memphis , ancient city of Egypt, capital of the Old Kingdom (c.3100-c.2258 BC), at the apex of the Nile delta and 12 mi (18 km) from Cairo. It was reputedly founded by Menes , the first king of united Egypt. Its god was Ptah . The temple of Ptah, the palace of Apries , and two huge statues of ... Read more
Ashes Ashes
ashes the powdery residue left after something is burned, often taken as a symbol of mourning or penitence (as in sackcloth and ashes).The Ashes is a trophy for the winner of a series of test matches in a cricket season between England and Australia. The name comes from a mock obituary notice... Read more
barrow barrow
barrow in archaeology, a burial mound. Earth and stone or timber are the usual construction materials; in parts of SE Asia stone and brick have entirely replaced earth. A barrow built primarily of stone is often called a cairn . Barrows occur in many parts of the world; they were built during the... Read more
Paleobotany Paleobotany
palaeobotany Palaeobotany is the study of fossil plants and includes the reconstruction of both plants and their ecology from fossil evidence. Palaeobotany includes not only macrofossil plants but also microscopic plant material that may be included in palynology, the study of fossil spores and... Read more

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