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Record 1 2015-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
  • Archaeology
DEF

[A] land containing human remains that is not a cemetery.

CONT

Ancient Egyptian burial site may contain one million bodies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Archéologie
DEF

Bien-fonds où reposent des restes humains et qui n’est pas un cimetière.

CONT

Un édit napoléonien a imposé aux Vénitiens de renoncer à la tradition d'inhumer les dépouilles dans les cimetières des églises pour des raisons sanitaires évidentes. À cause de l'eau on ne pouvait pas creuser de fosses profondes [...] Le premier endroit de sépulture en dehors de la ville a été l'îlot de S. Cristoforo [...]

Spanish

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