• A bed burial is a type of burial in which the deceased person is buried in the ground, lying upon a bed. It is a burial custom that is particularly associated...
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    The Trumpington bed burial is an early Anglo-Saxon burial of a young woman, dating to the mid-7th century, that was excavated in Trumpington, Cambridgeshire...
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    beliefs, but do follow religious traditions. Bed burial Burial Act 1857 – UK law about exhumation Burial mound Corpse road Museum of Funeral Customs State...
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    April 2022 archaeologists found an Anglo-Saxon woman's grave, the Harpole bed burial, at a site in Harpole being developed for housing by Vistry. The discovery...
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  • coffins or were lined with stones. High status burials, often held burial furniture, predominantly burial beds. Grave goods were often placed with the body...
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    on the Trumpington Meadows site discovered a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon bed burial for a young woman aged about 16 years old, in a field on the outskirts...
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  • Harpole Treasure is a collection of Anglo-Saxon artefacts excavated at a bed burial discovered in spring 2022 in Harpole, Northamptonshire, England. It includes...
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  • the sand. Bed burial Eaves-drip burial List of Anglo-Saxon bed burials List of Anglo-Saxon cemeteries Prittlewell royal Anglo-Saxon burial Norse funeral...
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    Anglo-Saxon Trumpington bed burial held a 60cm by 155cm bed with pieces of looped wrought iron, which may have held the bed base.[1][2] The beds are thought by...
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    Tumulus (redirect from Burial mound)
    stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or (in Siberia and Central Asia) kurgans, and may be found throughout...
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    Street House Anglo-Saxon cemetery (category Anglo-Saxon burial practices)
    monument laid out in a unique square fashion around a central mound, a bed burial and a building that had possibly served as a mortuary. Further excavations...
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    葬式, sōshiki) in Japan include a wake, the cremation of the deceased, a burial in a family grave, and a periodic memorial service. According to 2007 statistics...
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    saddles intact, buried side by side on a bed of birch bark next to a funeral chamber containing the pillaged burial of two Scythian nobles; excavated in 1998...
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    Anglo-Saxon bed burial dating to the seventh century AD was discovered within a reused Bronze Age barrow on Swallowcliffe Down in 1966. The burial was that...
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    A pectoral cross worn by the 7th-century female teenager of the Trumpington bed burial...
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    Semple, S. 1998, p. 111. List of Anglo-Saxon cemeteries Bed burial List of Anglo-Saxon bed burials Bartlett, J.E. & Mackey, R.W. 1973. "Excavations at Walkington...
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  • entrance into Heaven Bed burial is a type of burial in which the deceased person is buried in the ground, lying upon a bed. Burial at sea is the disposal...
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    of archaeological significance was discovered in Cadley, including one bed burial. In 1998 a Saxon settlement was found in Saunders Meadow during the construction...
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  • Shrubland Hall Anglo-Saxon cemetery (category Anglo-Saxon burial practices)
    most complicated Anglo-Saxon bed ever found." Bed burials, in which a female body is laid out on an ornamental wooden bed, usually accompanied by jewellery...
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  • on the thigh simulating a meditative position. The burial pit is prepared in the community burial ground called the shamshana, usually situated outside...
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    (Norwegian: Osebergskipet) is a well-preserved Viking ship discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in Vestfold county, Norway. This...
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    transported Lincoln's remains 1,654 miles (2,662 km) through seven states for burial in Springfield, Illinois. Never exceeding 20 mph, the train made several...
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    Funeral (redirect from Burial rite)
    a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. Funerary customs comprise...
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    Red beds (or redbeds) are sedimentary rocks, typically consisting of sandstone, siltstone, and shale, that are predominantly red in color due to the presence...
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    tapestry fragments, a partially preserved tapestry found within the ship burial, also features the symbol. Additionally, the valknut appears prominently...
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    Norse funerals, or the burial customs of Viking Age North Germanic Norsemen (early medieval Scandinavians), are known both from archaeology and from historical...
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    body, casting magic spells, and burials with specific grave goods thought to be needed in the afterlife. The ancient burial process evolved over time as...
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    stern During the excavations, a human skeleton was found in a bed inside a timber-built burial chamber. The skeleton was that of a man aged approximately...
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    of the Roman Empire, Chapter 30 and Chapter 31. The Legend of Alaric's Burial For a modern-day novel exploring the historical sources relating to Alaric's...
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    performed a chokeslam on Rikishi from the roof of the cell into hay-filled cargo bed of a truck. In 2001, The Undertaker reunited with Kane as the Brothers of...
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