Entombment in a public mausoleum may be similar to the average cost of a burial plot and grave marker (around $4,000 to $8,000), while a private family building can cost as much as $25,000 and up.

Bereaved families could be able to bury cremated remains of their loved ones above ground under plans by a council. Flintshire council has come up with the idea as it lacks burial space, and the ...

KHIVA, Uzbekistan . For centuries, the people in a region of western Uzbekistan have buried their dead in above-ground tombs due to groundwater being very close to the surface.

Bereaved families could be able to bury cremated remains of their loved ones above ground under plans by a council. Flintshire council has come up with the idea as it lacks burial space, and the ...