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  2. Columbarium - Wikipedia

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    In Buddhism, ashes may be placed in a columbarium (in Chinese, a naguta ("bone-receiving pagoda"); in Japanese, a nōkotsudō ("bone-receiving hall"), which can be either attached to or a part of a Buddhist temple or cemetery. This practice allows survivors to visit the temple and carry out traditional memorials and ancestor rites.

  3. List of types of funerary monument - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of types of funerary monument, a physical structure that commemorates a deceased person or a group, in the latter case usually those whose deaths occurred at the same time or in similar circumstances. It differs from a basic tomb or cemetery in that while it may or may not contain the body of the deceased, its primary purpose is ...

  4. Roman funerary art - Wikipedia

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    The most common funerary monument for Roman soldiers was that of the stele – a humble, unadorned piece of stone, cut into the shape of a rectangle. [109] The name, rank, and unit of the deceased would be inscribed upon the stone, as well as his age and his years of service in the Roman army. [109]

  5. City creates garden at Rose Hill Cemetery for scattering ...

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    Dunbar said there's a $300 fee to use the Scatter Garden to cast a person's ashes. The name of the deceased and their dates of birth and death can be added to the garden's granite monument for an ...

  6. Category:Burial monuments and structures - Wikipedia

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    C. Cadaver monument; Cairn; Cappella gentilizia; Cardamom Mountains jar burials; Catacombs of Rome; Catacombs of Saint Agnes; Catacombs of Saint Gaudiosus; Catacombs of San Gennaro

  7. Roman funerary practices - Wikipedia

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    John Bodel calculates an annual death rate of 30,000 among a population of about 750,000 in the city of Rome, not counting victims of plague and pandemic. [10] At birth, Romans of all classes had an approximate life expectancy of 20–30 years: men and women of citizen class who reached maturity could expect to live until their late 50's or much longer, barring illness, disease and accident. [11]

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