burial plots
Excavation of graves begins at site of colonial Black church
By Ben Finley — July 19, 2022
(AP) - If human remains are found in the plots that are being targeted, DNA tests and analyses of bones will be conducted, said Jack Gary, Colonial Williamsburg’s director of archaeology.
Jerusalem cemetery goes deep underground with tunnel burials
By Isaac Scharf — November 17, 2017
JERUSALEM (AP) — Tunnels stretching more than a kilometer (half-mile) in length beneath Jerusalem's main cemetery have been carefully dug over the past two years to make room for some 22,000 graves — enough space to meet the city's needs for the next decade.
As French cemeteries fill up, Jews seek burial plots in the Holy Land
By Elizabeth Bryant — March 12, 2014
(RNS) Jewish-only plots in some French cemeteries -- along with their leases -- are rapidly running out.
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