BURIAL
(See also Cemeteries; Cremation; Embalming; Funerals; Graves; Memorial Tombs; Tombs)
Babylonia:
Ur: g05 12/8 20
Bible times: it-1 377-380; w96 9/15 30
caves: it-1 423
gardens: it-1 890
graves: it-1 994-995
importance: it-1 377
‘buried with one’s forefathers’: it-1 377
China (ancient):
kings with attendants: g05 12/8 21; sh 53
complying with wishes of deceased: w91 7/15 19-20
cost: g99 10/22 28
customs: g99 2/8 10-11
Africa: w94 3/15 21-23
ancient times: g05 12/8 20-24; g88 7/8 4-5
jade cicada in mouth of corpse (China): g87 9/22 23
removing shoes (Philippines): sh 71
throwing soil or flowers into or onto grave: w98 7/15 23
Egypt (ancient): it-1 691
Greece (ancient):
coin under tongue: sh 54
Israel (ancient): w13 3/1 8
bandages and cloth on body: it-1 482-483
before nightfall: it-1 1030
kings: it-1 379-380
perfumed ointments on corpse: it-2 547
preparation of body: it-1 722
procession to site: w89 11/15 25
Jesus Christ: w17.10 19-20; jy 303; w13 3/1 8; w91 3/1 9; gt chapter 127
aromatic substances: it-1 80; w15 3/1 14
before sunset: it-2 676
burial clothes: g98 12/22 24
location: it-1 983-984; it-2 368, 948
not embalmed: it-1 722; w02 3/15 30
whether allowed by Roman law: w22.06 29
man unique in: g88 7/8 4
modern-day mummification: w89 2/15 21
Moses: it-1 301, 377; it-2 439
multistory cemeteries (Japan): g89 6/8 28
‘permit me first to bury my father’ (Mt 8:21; Lu 9:59): jy 155; w06 4/1 28; gt chapter 65; w88 3/15 25
pyramids at Meroë: g90 6/22 24-25
refused to Witnesses:
Cyprus: yb95 71-72, 75
Poland: yb94 185-186
Witness cemetery used as example of modesty: yb87 64