Bury the dead : tombs, corpses, mummies, skeletons & rituals /

Bury the dead : tombs, corpses, mummies, skeletons & rituals /

Examines the customs and practices related to burial that have existed from ancient times to the present.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sloan, Christopher
Corporate Author: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2002]
Subjects:
Funeral rites and ceremonies > Juvenile literature.
Burial > Juvenile literature.
Funeral rites and ceremonies > History.
Burial customs > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Why people bury their dead
  • First burials
  • Egypt prepares for the afterlife
  • Golden tombs of the Amazons
  • Ghost soldiers of the emperor
  • Tombs of the Moche lords
  • Reading our own remains.