The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)

Bodies buried in cemetery tunnels

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A beehive-like structure built deep undergroun­d in Jerusalem is providing an innovative solution for the holy city’s chronic shortage of burial space.

Tunnels stretching more than half a mile long beneath Jerusalem’s main cemetery have been carefully excavated over the past two years to make room for some 22,000 graves – enough space to meet the city’s needs for the next decade.

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