Disposition, Catholic Style
As someone who grew up Catholic with a former Benedictine nun for a mother (yes, seriously) and is now a writer at Connecting Directors — a publication that...
Cemeteries
Fancy-Pants Tombs: Egypt’s Pyramids
Ancient history’s monuments to dead leaders were typically, well, monumental. Nowhere on earth is that as evident as it is in Egypt. Great Pyramids of Giza are arguably...
The Many Forms of Above-Ground Burial
Humans have a long history of creative memorialization of the dead, frequently involving above-ground burial. The extravagance of some memorials, such as were recently explored on this very...
The History and Purpose of Mausoleums
What’s the purpose behind mausoleums? In some locations they appear to serve a practical function, such as where a high water table makes ground burial impossible. But mausoleums...
A Brief History of Headstones
It’s that time of year! “Graveyards” are popping up in neighborhoods and front yards all across this great land: tombstones askew, phalanges and femurs poking up through the...
Disturbing the Dead: When and How
At some point, many funeral homes will be asked to reverse their usual process and “unbury” a corpse. Disinterment, while not widespread, certainly isn’t uncommon in the modern...
The Future of Deathcare Architecture
The deathcare space, in its state of perpetual evolution, has in recent times been demonstrating increasingly-speedier advancements in the field. Technology primarily sets the standard and the pace,...