The history of death
By: Michael Kerrigan
Edition: Paperback edition.
Publisher: Amber Books Ltd
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781782744917
Subjects: Death; Rites and ceremonies; History
Description: "The History of Death explores the compelling subject of death, burial, and the afterlife in varied cultures, societies, and ages. Examines the various approaches to funerals, from sky burials in Tibet and mummification in Egypt, to being left to rot in the family home in Indonesia. Balances grim facts with intriguing details, such as remarkable burial requests, extravagant funerals, human sacrifice, and ritual killings. Illustrated throughout with photographs and artworks of representations of death and funerary rituals throughout history up to the present day"--Back cover.
Notes: First published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (page 188) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The beginning or the end: ideas of afterlife; title: Ancient funerary rights; title: Death and judgment; title: The ancestors at hand; title: The demanding dead; title: Towards modernity, the western tradition; title: A world of rituals; title: Death, present and future; title: Bibliography; title: Index.