num_pages: 353
description: A global exploration and interpretation of the human rites and rituals of death spans human history as it discusses such topics as ancient rituals with reverberations in the present, human sacrifice, monumental sarcophagi, cannibalism, near-death experiences, vampirism, and the human separation of the body and the spirit that animated it.
language: English
title: The Buried Soul: How Humans Invented Death
titlecomplete: The Buried Soul: How Humans Invented Death
genres: Philosophy, Science, Archaeology, Nonfiction, Death, Psychology, Adult, History, Sociology, Anthropology
ratings_count: 202
publisher: Beacon Pr