The fact that we are all going to die one day is not something that I like to think about at all. For me, it is such an unlikely thing, which I rarely consider my mortality, or even worse, that of my loved ones. In the rare occasion, I think about the remote possibility of […]
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Cremation
Cremation, the practice of reducing a corpse to its essential elements by burning. The practice of cremation on open fires was introduced to the Western world by the Greeks as early as 1000 bce. They seem to have adopted cremation from some northern people as an imperative of war, to ensure soldiers slain in alien […]
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Cemetery for the Homeless
For many people, homelessness in life also means indignity in death—an anonymous, budget burial. But things are changing in one major European city: CityLab’s Mimi Kirk writes that Copenhagen’s Assistens Cemetery in Denmark has set aside a section just for homeless people. More than 300,000 people are buried at Assistens, Denmark’s most famous graveyard. Previously, […]
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Buddhist temple offers high-tech burial alternatives
As we all know, planning for your final resting place can be a difficult decision. In Japan, the decision is made even harder by the country’s declining birth rate, lack of available space and prices that have shot to some of the highest levels in recent memory. But one idea has truly taken off and has […]
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