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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. Post-mortem photography - Wikipedia

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    Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.

  4. Wikipedia:Funny biographical images - Wikipedia

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    English Wikipedia's image guidelines for living people stipulate that we can only use freely-licensed images of living people in articles, and our image use policy says that we can only use copyrighted images if no free alternative exists. This often means that editors themselves must take photographs of notable subjects, or that historical ...

  5. Stephen Lawrence's body to return to UK three decades after ...

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    The family made the decision public after images of Lawrence's grave taken after the funeral home exhumed his body began circulating on social media. Lawrence was 18 when he was killed in 1993 ...

  6. State funeral of Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia

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    On September 26, 1901, Lincoln's body was exhumed so that it could be re-interred in the newly built crypt. However, several of the 23 people present feared that his body might have been stolen in the intervening years, so they decided to open the coffin and check. [15] A harsh choking smell arose when the casket was opened.

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

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    Nun’s exhumed body draws hundreds to small Missouri town. Judy L. Thomas. May 22, 2023 at 10:44 PM. 1 / 2 ... “We just don’t have the capacity to receive all kinds of people. We’re ...

  8. Officials exhume the body of a Mississippi man buried without ...

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    While Dexter Wade’s remains were released Monday, his family said officials failed to honor the agreed-upon time approved by a […] The post Officials exhume the body of a Mississippi man ...

  9. Grave desecration - Wikipedia

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    As a form of great disrespect to the dead, a person urinates on the decedent's grave. [15] In 17th century Churchyard-Väki tradition, one was expected to proceed with quiet reverence in a cemetery. According to Väki folklore, people could be punished by "angered beings" or "fall sick" for simply urinating in a graveyard. [16]