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How Natural Burial Works
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Natural burial is becoming more popular as people begin to eschew unnatural internment processes. Learn about natural burial or green burial.
How Sky Burial Works
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What is a sky burial? Read about sky burials and ritual dissections at HowStuffWorks.
Mushroom Burial Suit Creates Life After Death
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The Mushroom Burial Suit is designed to give our dead bodies new life by breaking them down and nourishing the soil.
What's With Germany's Strict Burial Regulations?
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In Germany, death may be permanent, but gravesites aren't. They're leased until the next "resident" moves in. That's just one grim regulation surrounding funerals and burials.
How Safety Coffins Eased Grave Fears of Premature Burial
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"Safety coffins" were tricked-out caskets that provided a way for prematurely buried people to escape from 6 feet under, back when this fear was sometimes a frightening reality.
Is Human Composting the Greenest Burial Option?
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California just became the fifth state to legalize human composting as an alternative to burial. How does this work?
Bronze Age Burial Sites Suggest Women Spread Culture More Than Men
In ancient central Europe, how did culture spread among groups? Learn more in this HowStuffWorks article.
Casket vs. Coffin: Comparing the Burial Containers
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Made of plain pine or shaped like a shoe, mourners may inter them, suspend them or set them ablaze. How much do caskets and coffins differ?
Can You Bury Someone in Your Backyard?
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You don't have to use an expensive funeral home in most states. Learn more about home burials at HowStuffWorks.
10 Muslim Funeral Traditions
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Coping with the loss of a friend or family member is difficult, no matter what your faith. All religions have funeral rites and traditions for dealing with death, and Islam is no different. What are some Muslim funeral traditions?