What is Live burial?
[[File:Precipitate Burial.jpg|thumb|Antoine Wertz - Precipitate burial (1854)]] '''Live burial''' or '''premature burial''' is interred in a [[grave]] while still alive. Some cases of premature burial occurred because the technology to accurately determine [[death]] didn't exist so people were routinely wrongfully pronounced dead when in a [[coma]] or similar vegetative state. To guard against this, some cultures buried the dead with [[bell]]s that could be rung if the person in the [[coffin]] was still alive, so they could be rescued. Live burial has also been used as a form of [[murder]] or [[execution]]. A related practice is [[immurement]]. [[Category:Death]]