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April 03, 2025
The Historical Origins of the Phrase “Set in Stone”

The phrase "set in stone" evolved metaphorically over time to mean something unchangeable or fixed, reflecting the difficulty of altering inscriptions once they were chiseled into stone. Today, when people...

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Why You Should Put a Penny on a Headstone

Have you ever visited a cemetery and found coins lining the edge of a headstone? There are many customs, habits, practices, and traditions in the world, but this one is...

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National Cemeteries and Their Significance: Honoring History and Veterans

The first national cemeteries began at the start of the Civil War, during the early 1860s, to bury and honor the United States soldiers who fell in battle. By 1862,...

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Funerary Archaeology Plays Vital Role in Understanding History

Funerary archaeology combines several branches of archaeology to analyze human remains, gravesites, burials, and ceremonial items to discover what life was like many years ago. There is a wide range...

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Mysterious Cemeteries and Their Stories

Throughout our histories and cultures, cemeteries or places where we've buried our dead often echo with the air of mystery and intrigue. From stories told around bonfires to books and...

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Gothic-Style Architecture of Cemeteries

Beginning in Europe during the mid-12th Century and lasting until the 16th Century,  masons, woodworkers, and architects created things with a particular style, characterized by cavernous spaces with expanses of...

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Graveyard Podcasts and Audio Tours

Many travelers around the world are drawn to cemeteries. As they are places that bridge the gap between the past and present, living and dead, as well as being places...

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Seekers of Forgotten Burial Grounds: Rediscovering History and Family

Life was very different in small towns across the United States a hundred years ago. Technology was meager; financial ruin seemed to be one step away; war was ongoing in...

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A Look at the History of North American Indigenous Cremation Practices

Where cremation practices began precisely is not clear, but according to the Cremation Association for North America, most scholars can generally agree the practice currently dates back thousands of years...

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