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Funerary practices in
different cultures A
funeral is a
ceremony connected with the
final disposition of a corpse, such as a
burial or cremation, with...
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Funerary art is any work of art forming, or
placed in, a
repository for the
remains of the dead. The term encomp****es a wide
variety of forms, including...
- painted.
Stelae were
created for many reasons.
Grave stelae were used for
funerary or
commemorative purposes.
Stelae as
slabs of
stone would also be used...
- A
funerary cult is a body of
religious teaching and
practice centered on the
veneration of the dead, in
which the
living are
thought to be able to confer...
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Roman funerary practices include the
Ancient Romans'
religious rituals concerning funerals, cremations, and burials. They were part of time-hallowed tradition...
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ancient Egyptians had an
elaborate set of
funerary practices that they
believed were
necessary to
ensure their immortality after death.
These rituals...
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Funerary texts or
funerary literature feature in many
belief systems. Its
purpose is
usually to
provide guidance to the
newly deceased or the soon-to-be-deceased...
- A
death mask is a
likeness (typically in wax or
plaster cast) of a person's face
after their death,
usually made by
taking a cast or
impression from the...
- A
funerary hatchment is a
depiction within a
black lozenge-shaped frame,
generally on a
black (sable) background, of a deceased's
heraldic achievement...
- The mask of
Tutankhamun is a gold
funerary mask that
belonged to Tutankhamun, who
reigned over the New
Kingdom of
Egypt from 1332 BC to 1323 BC, during...
