why do we bury people under the ground?

Answer 1

Because when they start to decompose, they smell really bad.

Answer 2

It is obligatory to bury a dead body in the ground, so deep that its smell does not come out and the beasts of prey do not dig it out, and, if there is a danger of such beasts digging it out then the grave should be made solid with bricks, etc.
If it is not possible to bury a dead body in the ground, it may be kept in a vault or a coffin, instead. The dead body should be laid in the grave on its right side so that the face remains towards the Qibla.

Answer 3

Why are people buried under ground? Because launching all those corpses into space would be waaay too expensive!

Answer 4

So they can't come back and walk around. That was the purpose of putting them down 6 feet. In the old days people didn't get that tall and it was to make sure they couldn't get out.

Answer 5

I don't know, but I don't see why they do that when their are more and more people being born in the world, and less are dying and living longer. I think it waste space for the living.

Answer 6

Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust.
Meaning: We come from dust; we return to dust.

Answer 7

most cultures cremated their dead until the christians came along and decided not to

Answer 8

you can't bury them above ground. of bury
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bur·y (br) KEY

TRANSITIVE VERB:
bur·ied , bur·y·ing , bur·ies
To place in the ground: bury a bone.

To place (a corpse) in a grave, a tomb, or the sea; inter.
To dispose of (a corpse) ritualistically by means other than interment or cremation.
To conceal by or as if by covering over with earth; hide: buried her face in the pillow; buried the secret deep within himself. See Synonyms at hide 1.
To occupy (oneself) with deep concentration; absorb: buried myself in my studies.
To put an end to; abandon: buried their quarrel and shook hands.

IDIOM:
bury the hatchet
To stop fighting; resolve a quarrel.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English burien, from Old English byrgan; see bhergh- 1 in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
buri·er (Noun)

WORD HISTORY:
Why does bury rhyme with berry and not with jury? The answer goes back to early English times. The late Old English form of the verb bury was byrgan, pronounced approximately (büryn). During Middle English times this (ü) sound changed, but with different results in different regions of England: to () as in put in the Midlands, to () as in pit in southern England, or to () as in pet in southeast England. London is located in the East Midlands, but because of its central location and its status as the capital, its East Midlands dialect was influenced by southern (Saxon) and southeastern (Kentish) dialects. The normal East Midlands development of (ü) was (), spelled u. Because scribes from the East Midlands pronounced the word with this vowel they tended to spell the word with a u, and this spelling became standard when spellings were fixed after the introduction of printing. The word's pronunciation, however, is southeastern. Bury is the only word in Modern English with a Midlands spelling and a southeastern pronunciation. Similarly, the word busy, from Old English bysig, bisig, and its verb bysgian, bisgian, "to employ," is spelled with the East Midlands dialect u, but pronounced with the southern (Saxon) development of (ü), ().


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Answer 9

because burial isn't burial anywhere else