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Various rites and cermonies for the burial of a pope, including the catafalque during the funeral and the funeral procession. Engraving by B Picart, 1724.
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733.Date: 1724Reference: 44257i- Books
A guide to the fourth, fifth and sixth Egyptian rooms, and the Coptic room : A series of collections of small Egyptian antiquities, which illustrate the manners and customs, the arts and crafts, the religion and literature, and the funeral rites and ceremonies of the ancient Egyptians and their descendants, the Copts, from about B. C. 4500 to A. D. 1000.
British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities.Date: 1922- Pictures
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Bombay (Mumbai): a Parsee (Parsi) "Tower of silence" where the bodies of the dead are exposed to vultures. Photograph.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 664500i- Videos
Survivors of the rain forest.
Date: 1997- Pictures
The grave of a recently deceased man: the tombstone has been erected and mourners pray before it. Watercolour painting, 18--.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899?]Reference: 728737iPart of: Funeral in Japan: watercolours