Intentional burial, particularly with grave goods, may be one of the earliest detectable forms of religious practice since, as Philip Lieberman suggests, it may signify a "concern for the dead that transcends daily … 查看更多內容

Body positioning
Burials may be placed in a number of different positions. Bodies with the arms crossed date back to ancient cultures such as 查看更多內容

Where to bury
Apart from sanitary and other practical considerations, the site of burial can be determined by religious and socio-cultural considerations. 查看更多內容

Reinterment refers to the reburial of a corpse. 查看更多內容

After death, a body will decay. Burial is not necessarily a public health requirement. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the WHO advises that only corpses carrying an infectious disease strictly … 查看更多內容

In many cultures, human corpses were usually buried in soil. The roots of burial as a practice reach back into the Middle Palaeolithic and coincide with the appearance of Homo neanderthalensis and Homo sapiens, in Europe and Africa respectively. As … 查看更多內容

Exhumation, or disinterment, is the act of digging up, especially a corpse. This is most often done to relocate a body to a different burial spot. Families may make this decision to locate the deceased in a more pertinent or convenient place. In shared family … 查看更多內容