He was buried near his home in Chalkyitsik on October 15, 2007, next to his wife, Sarah, in a hilltop cemetery under spruce trees.

Now, among the prayers here is that the sisters' bodies will be recovered so they can be flown home for burial in the order's hilltop cemetery.

A hilltop cemetery was split in two when an enormous crack opened in the ground.

On the road heading toward the coast of Tikapa, is a small hilltop cemetery called Taumata.

After the parade, far from the constant noise of the recorded cheers, the wind blew silently across a hilltop cemetery.

By noon, hundreds of people were standing in line waiting to be frisked for handguns before entering the hilltop cemetery.

A rutted road led down the slope opposite the one they'd climbed, evidence of frequent visits to this lonely hilltop cemetery.

The present Gothic church, the third structure to hold the congregation, was completed in 1872 on the site of a hilltop cemetery.

"To be honest, we know who died, but now we don't know who was put in which spot," said Abdul Hussain, a farmer walking through the hilltop cemetery.

"My husband's granddad bought all this land," Ms. McDonald said, pointing toward a hilltop cemetery where their forebears are buried.