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Tang Dynasty tomb group found in north China

Culturalworkersrecentlydiscoveredanancienttombgroup,datingbacktotheTangDynasty(618-907),atariverbasininnorthChina'sHebeiProvince.Therearethreeround-shapedbrickc

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Green burials promoted in China to save land and energy

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Safe burial methods averted thousands of Ebola deaths: study

SafeburialpracticesintroducedbytheRedCrosslikelysavedthousandsoflivesduringtheworld’sworstoutbreakofthedeadlyEbolavirusbetween2013and2016,researcherssaidonThurs

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Philippines court grants Ferdinand Marcos a hero's burial

​The decision follows months of protests, with many saying that Marcos' record of corruption and rights abuses meant he should not be interred there.

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Over 13 mln Chinese honor deceased during Tomb-Sweeping holiday

A total of 13.4 million Chinese visited 150 major cemeteries to honor their deceased relatives during the three-day Tomb-Sweeping holiday that ended Monday, the authority said.

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Tibet to invest 75-mln-USD on sky burial sites protection

​Southwest China's Tibet will spend 490 million yuan (75 million U.S. dollars) over the next five years on the repair and protection of sites for the traditional Tibetan funeral practice of sky burial, local authorities said Wednesday.

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Chinese burials go green with ashes under trees, flowers

After life would you like to be interred in a soulless box or have your ashes fertilizing living, growing flora? China wants people to choose the latter.

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Tibet to make law on traditional "sky burial"

Tibet Autonomous Region will make a law to better protect sky burials, a traditional ritual that has drawn controversy after guides began leading tour groups to view the ceremony.