when was it decided that people should be buried 6 feet belowground?
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Not all are buried 6ft down.  6ft was used because thats about the deepest a man could dig by hand, you can only throw dirt so high.\n\nMost graves in commercially run cemeteries are anywhere from 5 to 8 ft deep deeping upon the ground and the type of burial.
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Many cemeteries are using Mausoleums now-------saves space as you can build on top of each other.  It is no more well preserved than a ground burial in a coffin and vault.
858288
you should watch a cemetery for a few days, When someone dies the ground workers dig the hole the night before the person who hole it is gets buried. Wait until night time, bring body and shovel. Dig the hole deeper, put your dead body in, cover up. The next day they will put the other dead person's casket over it. NO WORRIES!:)
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I can answer this question, I used to work in a memorial park.  In most states here in the US, you by law have to be buried in a cement vault in the ground.  The reason for this is not to contaminate any sources of ground water.  For in ground burial, a standard 6ft deep hole is dug, the hole is usually 6 1/2ft. in length, and 3 1/2, to 4ft. in width.  The cement vault is placed in the hole first, then the coffin containing the deceased is lowered into the vault, and sealed with a cement lid using a sealant to prevent leakage.  \n\nI'm sorry I really don't know the methods of Jewish burial.  The cemetery I worked for was used for people of the christian faith.  We do have a Jewish cemetery in our area, Driving past it, I have seen raised tombstones.  It appears that they use both raised, and flat tombstones
724792
When I was a teen I discovered that underground tunnels existed in my hometown. I was told about them by a nurse who got lost in her hospital sub-basement. She ended up in the tunnels, and she said there were miles of them. She supposed that they were there in case of war, so people could have a place to go. Perhaps 300 years ago people used them to hide from Indians?
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It's kinda difficult to bury a LIVING person. They kinda get annoyed about the dirt and stuff. =)
27299
I don't htink so, because people have gottan in trouble for burying relatives in their back yard. Whether this was because they killed them or where they buried them I don't know.
385183
It means you get the right to burial, but do NOT own the land.  After a certain period of time, the land could be used for womething else, at the least, it wont be maintained after it has filled up.
225027
Very well put question! \nIt's not OK to dig up anyone's grave.\nThe older the grave, the less likely people are to care\nor protest if it's desecrated.\nBut it's still wrong to desecrate it.
374366
People will go on with their lives. It would be scarier on 6-6-6 not 6-6-06. You see there is a 0 between the 2nd and 3rd 6, therefore my first statement is true.
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First of all, Jesus wasn't buried in the ground.  Secondly, there were guards placed outside of the tomb for such an occasion as the apostles stealing the body.  Jesus still arose on the third day and appeared to more than 500 people before His ascension, despite their supposedly failsafe methods of protecting the "dead" body.\n\nMatthew 27:62-66\n 62The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and the Pharisees went to Pilate. 63"Sir," they said, "we remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, 'After three days I will rise again.' 64So give the order for the tomb to be made secure until the third day. Otherwise, his disciples may come and steal the body and tell the people that he has been raised from the dead. This last deception will be worse than the first."\n\n 65"Take a guard," Pilate answered. "Go, make the tomb as secure as you know how." 66So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard.
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Seven feet, six inches.
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Under the Terms of The People's Freedom of Steeple Information Act (2001), and the subsequent famous case of The People vs Hutchins, Butchins and Cutchins, it is now no longer legal to withold from any child under the height of 27 and a half inches any details regarding steeples *and* their construction. To do so would not only be illegal, but god'damned Anti-Uhmuricun...\n\n"Oh say can you seeeeeeeeeee...
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On Ripley's Believe it or Not! last week, they showed a man in England who lived in a coffin for almost 6 months so he could set the world record. Your wish is certainly no crazier than his. But where would you get a coffin? Breaking into a funeral home, even just to sleep in a coffin, won't look good on your criminal record.
876785
They need people to dig the graves.
591990
The standard practice is for the remains to be returned to the grieving family. Beforehand, an individual soldier may make other arrangements (during Vietnam, one Navy pilot requested to be buried at sea if he was killed in action).\n\nA detail is assigned to assist at the funeral. A friend of mine was killed in Iraq, and at her wake there was an active duty sergeant assisting.
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can't bury survivors b/c they're still alive.  that's called murder:-)