Death and Burial
Humans have dealt with the deceased in different ways according to culture and timeframe, but almost always rituals have been created around the concept of death. Explore the archaeological remains showing the rituals of death and burial in this gallery.
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Shipset on Hjortsberga burial field (Raä-nr Hjortsberga 8: 1) in Hjortsberga parish, Medelstad’s estate, Ronneby municipality, Blekinge, Sweden.
The Neolithic passage tomb "Girommen" (Raä-nr Hornborga 31:1) at Ekornavallen in Hornborga parish, Gudhem hundred, Falköping municipality, former Skaraborg county, Västergötland, Sweden.
1938.45.0174; Ica, Peru; 8081; …
Onderdeel van Fotoalbum met opnames van bezienswaardigheden en kunstwerken in Rome.
Ströbo high (RAÄ-nr Köping 56: 1) is located along...
The Mound of the Hostages takes its name from the medieval Irish designation of the monument Duma na nGiall, a name associating the monument with the symbolic exchange of hostages which must have taken place at Tara in the medieval period. It is, however,…
Serapeum at Saqqara was the burial place for the mummies of the holy Apis bulls (Photo: Carolin Johansson).@eng
View of the monument to O’ Connell inside Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin.
In the 17th century, the State came to be an important commissioner of public funerary monuments for ‘national heroes’. Grand tombs were ordered especially after 1650, when various naval battles were fought against the English. Rombout Verhulst was the le…
Från utgrävningarna i Pompeji 1875. En man liggande på sidan, stort fotografi. Tillhör Adolf Andersohns samling. Johan Adolf Andersohn (1820-1887) var handlare/filantrop och museets grundare.; Pompeji
/ D(is) M(anibus) / Valeria Maximil / la vix(it) an(nis) XXIX m(ensibus) VII / Val(erius) Maximus vet(eranus) / ex(centurione) pater et Valeria / Marcelliṇa mater / fil(iae) pientissimae et / P(ublius) Ael(ius) Tertius vet(eranus) ex dec(urione) / coniugi…
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Monumental pillar stone at Calluragh burial ground one mile east of Ballyferriter on the Dingle road 22nd June 1856
Kummistu cemetery lies north-east from the Heltermaa road, about 200m towards Kärdla from the Suuremõisa crossing. Its area covers 0,56 hectares. The order to establish the cemetery came from the Russian Empire Senate in 1772 to prohibit burials in church…
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