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Forest Lawn, the Bucolic Cemetery With an Unusual Art Collection

Avatar photo by Scarlet Cheng January 30, 2022January 28, 2022

A replica of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” sits in the Great Mausoleum, though in stained glass, and a full-scale replica of Michelangelo’s sculpture David stands outdoors in a plaza, although in bronze.

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Large Edo Period Burial Grounds Discovered in Osaka, Japan

Avatar photo by Johnny Waldman August 20, 2020November 5, 2020

A historically significant graveyard containing 1,500 bodies has been discovered at a redevelopment site in Osaka’s Kita Ward.

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Hart Island Cemetery Will Be Reincarnated as a Public Space

Avatar photo by Kate Gill December 25, 2019January 2, 2020

Historically, the island — the world’s largest tax-funded cemetery — has operated under the purview of the Department of Corrections, which pays Rikers Island inmates $1 an hour to handle the area’s many bodies.

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A Guide to the World’s Most Intriguing Cemeteries

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 26, 2017October 26, 2017

199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die by Loren Rhoads chronicles the unexpected art and beauty of burial grounds around the world.

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A Guide to Architects’ Mundane and Monumental Graves

Avatar photo by Allison Meier June 8, 2017June 8, 2017

The architects of our great landmarks are often buried beneath the humblest of tombstones, or have no marker at all.

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The 65 Symbols on US Military Tombstones

Avatar photo by Allison Meier May 29, 2017June 6, 2017

While American military cemeteries may look uniform with their rows of cross-adorned tombs, look closer and you’ll find Wiccan Pentacles, Atheist Atoms, and the Hammer of Thor.

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The Race to Rescue the Remains of an 18th-Century Cemetery

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 20, 2017April 22, 2017

When a forgotten graveyard was unearthed at a Philadelphia construction site, no city agency would step in. The Mütter Institute came to the rescue, but now it needs the public’s help.

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Help Preserve Vincent van Gogh’s Humble Grave

Avatar photo by Allison Meier January 31, 2017

A crowdfunding campaign is rallying support from Vincent van Gogh fans to preserve and protect the painter’s grave in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.

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Restoring a Tiffany Mosaic and Its Ethereal Light to a Bronx Cemetery

Avatar photo by Allison Meier November 10, 2016November 10, 2016

The Tiffany-designed 1914 Swan Memorial in the Bronx’s Woodlawn Cemetery is being restored after over a century of deterioration in the open air.

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An Installation Weaves Through a Brooklyn Cemetery Chapel

Avatar photo by Allison Meier October 12, 2016October 12, 2016

Aaron Asis has strung fuchsia parachute cord through the chapel at Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery as part of a series of interventions at the burial ground.

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An Overgrown Naval Cemetery Is Reborn as a Park

Avatar photo by Allison Meier September 13, 2016September 14, 2016

The curving boardwalk of the new park at the Brooklyn Navy Yard is respectfully raised above the earth where the remains of unknown sailors may still be interred.

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Marking an Artist’s Forgotten Grave with His Own Sculpture of Death

Avatar photo by Allison Meier June 29, 2016June 29, 2016

The unmarked grave of 19th-century artist Thomas Crawford will soon be commemorated with the installation of one of his own sculptures at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

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