Immurement (from the Latin im-, "in" and murus, "wall"; literally "walling in"), also called immuration or live entombment, is a form of imprisonment...
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the other on the opposite side for visitors. Anchorite Immurement Sokushinbutsu Stylite "Immured Anchorites- Tibetan Myths". Presscluboftibet.org. Retrieved...
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"London Bridge Is Falling Down" (also known as "My Fair Lady" or "London Bridge") is a traditional English nursery rhyme and singing game, which is found...
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translated as The Supplication of Daniel the Exile or Praying of Daniel the Immured (Russian: Моление Даниила Заточника, romanized: Moleniye Daniila Zatochnika;...
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Disposal of human corpses (section Immurement)
sects of Buddhists such as those found in Japan, cremation is common. Immurement of corpses is the permanent storage in an above-ground tomb or mausoleum...
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with Salim, the son of Mughal Emperor Akbar, who had her executed by immurement. The character often appears in movies, books and historical fiction,...
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chamber, of varying sizes. Placing a corpse into a tomb can be called immurement, although this word mainly means entombing people alive, and is a method...
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used to store the deceased. Placing a corpse into a crypt can be called immurement, and is a method of final disposition, as an alternative to, for example...
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the narrative follows a person being buried alive – in this case, by immurement. As in "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", Poe conveys the story...
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Bacini (redirect from Immured vessels)
external walls of (mostly religious) buildings and are thus also known as immured vessels. Bacini represent one of the traits of the Pisan Romanesque style...
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