Sepulture

Sepulture

Sepulture, despite the wide belief of otherwise, is not thing, but an act. The word is often used synonymously with “sepulchre” which is a type of tomb; this is inaccurate. Sepulture is the act of burying the dead, i.e., burial in general. It can be used in both noun and verb form, such as “to ...
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Reasons For Burial

There are plenty of reasons not to just leave a dead body…. sitting there, once a person has died. For one thing, there’s the decomposition process, which involves a great deal of unpleasantness. Almost as soon as the person dies, all natural muscles and hold they have on bowels, and urine cease to be constricted. ...
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Burial At Cross-Roads, and Other Impolite Ways To Get Rid of Dead Criminals

Unmarked Graves – Unmarked graves are basically just holes with dead people in them, –not the same as an anonymous grave, because those are “marked” though without a name. Usually with a number, instead. An unmarked grave could be anywhere. Burial At Cross-Roads – Criminals and suicides were traditionally not allowed to be buried in Christian ...
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Disinterment – For Fun!

There are several reasons for exhumation, some pretty obvious, and some not. However, disinterring is often a much disputed subject because the idea of digging up the dead, or even moving an ancient family cemetery, to make way for new graves, or development, isn’t just taboo, but is seen as morally wrong. There are a ...
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The Alternatives

Burial is often becoming a more outdated form of disposing of the physical remains, for a few reasons. For one thing, there’s a possibility of exhumation because of a cemetery going broke or relocating, –this makes family members uneasy. Also, because deteriorating bodies, and deteriorating coffins, are a source of concern for some worried about ...
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