You are here: Jesus Central > Torry's Topics Reference > Burial An ignominious, compared to the burial of an assAntiquity of coffins forAntiquity of purchasing places forAttended by: Family of the dead.Attended by: Female friends.Attended by: Great lamentation at.Attended by: Hired mourners.Attended by: Numbers of friends, &c.Design ofFollowed by a feastIllustrative of regenerationOf enemies, sometimes performed by the conquerorsOf persons embalmed, deferred for seventy daysOf persons hanged, always on the days of executionOf the friendless, a kind actOften took place immediately after deathOrations sometimes made atPerfumes burned atPlaces of: For criminals, marked by heaps.Places of: Frequently prepared and pointed out during life.Places of: Held in high veneration.Places of: Members of a family interred in the same.Places of: Often desecrated by idolatry.Places of: Pillars erected on.Places of: Provided for aliens and strangers. Places of: Provided for the common people.Places of: Sometimes had inscriptions.Places of: Sometimes not apparent.Places of: Tombs erected over.Places of: Visited by sorrowing friends.Places of: Were ceremonially unclean.Places used for: Caves hewn out of rocks.Places used for: Gardens.Places used for: Houses of the deceased.Places used for: Natural caves.Places used for: The city of David for the kings of Judah.Places used for: Tops of the hills.Places used for: Under trees.Privation of, considered a calamityPrivation of, threatened as a punishmentProbable origin ofThe body was: Anointed for.The body was: Carried on a bier to.The body was: Preserved with spices.The body was: Sometimes burned before.The body was: Washed before.The body was: Wound in linen for.The Jews anxious to be interred in their family places ofThe right of all nations