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Dead and alive again - The phenomenon of wonder and explanation
Thinking that they were dead, the family held a funeral, friends cried, mourned and they lived up ...
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How can Thai royal funeral be organized?
Learn about certain rituals that must be available at the funeral of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
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What do ancient people do to bring souls to the afterlife?
The ancients have performed various funeral customs in order to safely send the soul of the deceased to the afterlife.
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The Top 10 reveals the most interesting thing about the UK
A lot of interesting revelations about the UK below made many people suddenly mix and enjoy.
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Fear of 'burying' the ashes of the dead in the belly of a living person
The custom of 'burying' the ashes of the dead in ... the living belly is not only a unique and separate ritual, but also makes the people in civilized world feel horrifi…
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The reason the Egyptians put mummies in many coffins
The inclusion of many coffins at burial shows not only the upper class, but the Egyptians believe that this will help the deceased to relate to their ancestors.
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Unusual magical customs in the world
Funerals are an indispensable custom in all cultures and countries in the world, but together with the same goal is to remember and rest the deceased but each place has…
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A strange 'revival' in Manchester, England
Returning from the funeral home less than 24 hours, Gina Partington fell to her knees when she heard the news: the only son Tommy Dennison - who had just finished yester…
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Detecting a 1,000-year-old mummy in a carefully wrapped
Archaeologists have unearthed a funeral complex of ancient Ychsma containing mummies buried about 1,000 years ago in Peru.
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New Roman tombs discovered in Dakhla Oasis, Egypt
The Egyptian Archeology Department discovered five Roman tombs in excavations carried out in the Beir Al-Shaghala area at Dakhla Oasis in the western desert of Egypt.
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Detect a tremor from an ancient 3000-year-old mask in Argentina
The mask was used during a funeral 3,000 years ago, during the period when people abandoned the nomadic hunting and gathering life, began to settle permanently with farm…
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The ancient Egyptian tomb may contain the forgotten pharaoh's corpse
The 4,200-year-old tomb found in the city of Aswan, Egypt may be the burial place for the corpses of the ruler of Elephantine during the ancient kingdom.
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The funeral rite of cremation was almost 10,000 years ago
The study, conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the University of Sao Paulo, shows that these complex funeral rituals were performed f…
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Found a large Egyptian boat near the pyramid
Czech archaeologists have recently unearthed a large boat used in funerals in ancient Egypt near the pyramid complex in Abusir, south of Cairo.
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Explore the tunnel in Cheops pyramid
Cheops Pyramid is the oldest and only work remaining among the 7 wonders of the ancient world, also known as the Great Pyramid. It was built in 2560 BC as a tomb for Kin…