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Buried Alive! (Premature Burial, Urban Legends, & Preventative Measures)

by emmabalmer

The fear of being buried alive has the ability to chill you to the bone and rattle your soul. This article looks at the history of premature burial and present-day preventative measures. published 7 months ago

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CREMATION VS. TRADITIONAL FUNERAL SERVICES

by Chief-DJ

Many families today are chosing cremation of their loved ones instead of the traditional burial in a cemetary. The top 5 choices for Creamation: 1. Cost is much lower. 2. Comfort of having your loved ones... published 3 weeks ago

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Death and Afterlife in the People of Papua New Guinea

by Chris J. Evans

Cultural first encounters often occur when the borders of civilization are crossed and that which was previously unknown becomes a series of shocking revelations. These encounters do not occur merely between... published 4 months ago

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Cremation vs Burial - A Spiritual Perspective

by dranjesh

Every year more than 50 million people die worldwide. The two main forms of funeral rites adopted by most are either cremation or burial. The Parsis (Zoroastrians) in Mumbai, India, a small community, leave... published 7 months ago

3 comments    ghosts afterlife ancestors

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CASKETS! - Used by the Dead but Enjoyed by the Living

by emmabalmer

From a mortician's point of view, they are big and cumbersome to move around, but people with a scintillatingly morbid sense of humor are finding caskets to be fascinating decorative pieces and unique... published 4 months ago

3 comments    entertainment death funeral

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The Cremation Process

by spuds

Cremation is the practice of disposing of a human corpse by burning which often takes place in a crematorium or crematory. Along with burial, cremation is an increasingly popular alternative for the final... published 15 months ago

3 comments    family death burial

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10 top tips on alternative burial's

by compu-smart

If your not keen on rotting away slowly six feet under or be reduced to a pile of ashes then read on...We all know death is such a taboo topic, something people won't discuss unless absolutely necessary. For... published 13 months ago

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Alzheimers, The Last Words

by Die'Dre'

My father was diagnosed with early stages of dementia when he was 86. I'm not sure when the doctors started using the word Alzheimer's; same thing, I'm told. Alzheimer's is a form of dementia. Anyway, at the... published 6 weeks ago

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The Pain of Losing a Pet

by WishBoNe

Having witnessed my pet guinea pig just breathed his last, I felt numbness at first. I started looking after it about more than a year ago and it lost its weight drastically in 3 days due to appetite loss. A... published 2 months ago

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The Oldest Burial Site Discovered

by balisunset

The earliest discovered burial sites are those of Neanderthal man, though according to researcher George Constable, they "were not credited with deliberate meaningful burial of their dead until more than a... published 5 weeks ago

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