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Tag Archives: cremation
Cemetery of the Week #163: Neptune Memorial Reef
Neptune Memorial Reef International waters off of Key Biscayne, Florida N 25° 42.036′ W 80° 05.409′ Founded: 2007 Size: 16 acres Number of interments: There are 1200 places available “in the reef’s initial development.” More than 200 placements have been … Continue reading
Death’s Garden: Coimetrophobia
by David Bingham Here is a word that you may not be familiar with: coimetrophobia, the fear of cemeteries. My Portuguese wife does not share my love of burial grounds. Intimations of mortality cause her acute anxiety. Gravestones, mausoleums, hearses, … Continue reading
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Tagged bullfighters, cremation, Deaths Garden, Lisbon cemetery, longreads, Portugese cemetery
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Death’s Garden: Martinique—an Island of Mystery
by K. R. Morrison Martinique was one of the stops on our 1996 cruise of the Caribbean, one that my husband and I were eager to explore. After all, this might be the only time we’d be here, and we wanted to … Continue reading
Committed to Flame: A Brief History of Cremation in the United States
Cremation is an ancient way of honoring the dead. Aborigines in Australia cremated their loved ones 20,000 years ago. Bronze Age Scandinavians, Iron Age Palestinians, as well as the Babylonians and Greeks practiced cremation. The Romans burned their dead on … Continue reading
