Funerary Customs & Traditions
Strange Funerary & Burial Customs & Traditions thru Time
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18th Jan 2023 - A ''Heroon'' was originally a late, Ancient Greek Shrine (built of stone), into which was placed the remains (usually bones) of a ''Hero''. By Greek d …
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17th Jan 2023 - ''Coffin Texts'' were an Ancient Egyptian Funerary Custom, beginning in The Intermediate Period (2,181 AD). These were seen as a type of replacement f …
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17th Jan 2023 - One of the earliest forms of Egyptian Funerary Practice, ''Pyramid Texts'' were a series of specific Prayers and instructions written for a deceased P …
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13th Jan 2023 - Ancient Chinese believed in the creation and use of ''Mingqi'' These were specially made articles into which (it was thought), The Spirits of One's An …
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13th Jan 2023 - The Ancient Thracian image called ''The Thracian Horseman'' is an Icon portraying a ''Mounted Warrior'', at the ''Charge''. While not a Deity, it was …
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11th Jan 2023 - The Ancient Berber Peoples of North Africa, can trace their Culture back 10,000 years. They had a unique early Mythos, in which Ancestor Veneration or …
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4th Jan 2023 - An Ancient Egyptian Funerary Ritual The ''Opening of The Mouth'' Ceremony can be traced back to 2,800 BC and Egypt's ''Old Kingdom'' Period. The Ritua …
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4th Jan 2023 - Seen popular in England's Victorian Era (and being heavily adopted into American usage) ''Statues of Hope'' were a common 19th Century Funerary statua …
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28th Dec 2022 - Although found mostly in Western Europe, a ''Passage Tomb'' was an early (possibly Neolithic, 12,000 BC) form of burial location, which involved the p …
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28th Dec 2022 - The term Grave Field is applied to Bronze (and later Iron Age locations, commonly used as Cemeteries. As applied, these were large, fields of Earth, o …
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26th Dec 2022 - A rather ''grisly'' form of ''final remembrance'' in Tibet, ''Sky Burials'' are around 2,000 years old and still practiced among some traditionalist M …
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26th Dec 2022 - While the term ''Korean Death Beads'' have a rather ominous sound – they are in reality the ''latest'' in Memento Mori, perhaps – the ''ul …