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Book of the Dead of Aaneru, Thebes
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Death in Ancient Egypt

To the ancient Egyptians, death was not the end of life but only...
The Plague by Arnold Bocklin
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Black Death

The Black Death was a plague pandemic which devastated Europe from...
View from Staircase of Central Pillar and Loculi, Columbarium 1, Vigna Codini
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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...
Mayan Ocarina Depicting the Death God Ah
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Mayan Ocarina Depicting the Death God Ah

Ah Puch, the Mayan god of death, is often represented as having...
Hervor's Death
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Hervor's Death

Painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831-1892) depicting the death...
Spread of the Black Death
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Spread of the Black Death

A map illustrating the spread of the Black Death plague from its...
Tournai Citizens Burying the Dead during the Black Death
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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...
Death Mask of Tutankhamun
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Death Mask of Tutankhamun

The death mask of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun. The mask is made...
Silver Rhyton Depicting the Death of Orpheus, Vassil Bojkov Collection
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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...
Silver Kantharos with the Death of Orpheus, Vassil Bojkov Collection
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Silver Kantharos with the Death of Orpheus, Vassil Bojkov Collection

Silver kantharos with the death of Orpheus and the abduction of...