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  2. Burial - Wikipedia

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    Exhumation of those killed in Bucha massacre in March 2022. Exhumation, or disinterment, is the act of digging something 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.

  3. Exhumation (geology) - Wikipedia

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    Exhumation by tectonic processes refers to any geological mechanism that brings rocks from deeper crustal levels to shallower crustal levels. While erosion or denudation is fundamental in eventually exposing these deeper rocks at the Earth's surface, the geological phenomenon that drive the rocks to shallower crust are still considered exhumation processes.

  4. Resurrectionists in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Corpses and their component parts became a commodity, but although the practice of disinterment was hated by the general public, bodies were not legally anyone's property. The resurrectionists therefore operated in a legal grey area. Nevertheless, resurrectionists caught plying their trade ran the risk of physical attack.

  5. Grave - Wikipedia

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    Novi Banovci, Serbia. The formal use of a grave involves several steps with associated terminology. Grave cut. The excavation that forms the grave. [2] Excavations vary from a shallow scraping to removal of topsoil to a depth of 6 feet (1.8 m) or more where a vault or burial chamber is to be constructed.

  6. Tectonic uplift - Wikipedia

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    The displacement of rocks with respect to the surface is called exhumation. This simple equation relates the three kinds of displacement: Surface uplift = uplift of rock – exhumation. The term geoid is used above to mean mean sea level and makes a good frame of reference. A given displacement within this frame of reference allows one to ...

  7. ‘Remarkable preserved condition.’ Nun’s exhumed body draws ...

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    It said the body was exhumed on April 28. “Not only was her body in a remarkable preserved condition, her crown and bouquet of flowers were dried in place; the profession candle with the ribbon ...

  8. Secondary burial - Wikipedia

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    The term refers to remains that represent an exhumation and reburial, whether intentional or accidental. Examples of secondary burial are known from the Paleolithic period, (including the Middle Paleolithic Mousterian culture and the Upper Paleolithic Magdalenian culture) [2] and continuing through the Mesolithic period [3] into the Neolithic ...

  9. ‘Remarkable preserved condition.’ Nun’s exhumed body draws ...

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    The cracked coffin that held the body of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster had “high levels of condensation,” the Catholic News Agency reported. “Despite the dampness, little of her body and ...