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Exhume

Burial, also called interment and inhumation, is the act of placing a person or object into the ground. This is accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing an object in it, and covering it over.

Objects are sometimes buried in order to hide them against removal or tampering. For cables and pipelines, burial provides protection.

The remainder of this article discusses human burial.

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