# "Domicide," the Ritual Burning of Houses

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**Created:** [June 5, 2020, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domicide-the-ritual-burning-of-houses/855092 "2020-06-05T10:50:10Z")\
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In the general area of Central Asian and Crimea, an old (if not ancient) civilization used to periodically burn their homes and build new ones. Nobody knows why with certainty.

I recall I read about it someplace, and I recall the word “domicide,” the killing of a house.

Now I cannot find any mention of it at all and fear I am losing my mind. Anyone want to prove I am (or am not) nuts?

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domicide-the-ritual-burning-of-houses/855092/2 "2020-06-05T12:13:03Z")

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[Found it.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burned_house_horizon) Thank you all.

_The terms “Domicide” and “Domithanasia” have been coined to refer to this practice_