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Urban Death Project Aims to Turn Corpses into Compost

2016-10-27 00:06:03| Waste Age

Architect Katrina Spade is currently working with soil scientists to perfect the process of transforming corpses decomposition into eco-minded uses like soil.

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Hawaii OKs traditional burials involving burned corpses

2015-07-01 03:09:44| Airlines - Topix.net

Ken Ordenstein, owner of Ken Ordenstein Funerals, left, and Leialoha "Rocky" Kaluhiwa, vice president of the Koolaupoko Hawaiian Civic Club, right, react outside Hawaii Gov. David Ige's office after he signed a bill on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 in Honolulu. The bill ensures that Native Hawaiians and others can practice an ancient tradition in which a corpse is cleansed by fire and the bones are held as sacred in a cloth before being buried.

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Mystery Greek tomb contained at least 5 corpses, experts say

2015-01-19 19:31:02| Real Estate - Topix.net

This undated handout image released by the Greek Culture Ministry on Monday, Jan. 19, shows pictures of bones and their position, in black, on a human skeleton believed to belong to a woman aged over 60, from a resplendent ancient tomb excavated in northern Greece last year. The ministry says the grave contains skeletal remains from at least five individuals _ the woman, a newborn infant, two men aged 35-45 and another unspecified adult.

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