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Death in Ancient Egypt
To the ancient Egyptians, death was not the end of life but only...
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Black Death
The Black Death was a plague pandemic which devastated Europe from...
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Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Persia
A vision of the afterlife is articulated by every culture, ancient...
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Death's Mansions: The Columbaria of Imperial Rome
[image:3146] A columbarium is an underground chamber, which...
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The Deadly Styx River and the Death of Alexander
Plutarch, Arrian, Diodorus, Justin, and other ancient historians...
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Mayan Ocarina Depicting the Death God Ah
Ah Puch, the Mayan god of death, is often represented as having...
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Hervor's Death
Painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831-1892) depicting the death...
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Spread of the Black Death
A map illustrating the spread of the Black Death plague from its...
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Tournai Citizens Burying the Dead during the Black Death
The citizens of Tournai, Belgium, burying the dead during the Black...
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Disease and death in the ancient city of Rome
This paper surveys textual and physical evidence of disease...
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Death Mask of Tutankhamun
The death mask of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. The mask is made...
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Silver Rhyton Depicting the Death of Orpheus, Vassil Bojkov Collection
Silver rhyton with goat protome and death of Orpheus. 420-410...