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Rites of funeral ancient and modern, in use through the known world / Written originally in French, by ... Monsieur Muret. To which is added, a vindication of Christianity against paganism [by M. Minucius Felix] All translated into English by P. Lorrain.
Muret, Pierre, approximately 1630-approximately 1690.Date: 1683
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M0012344: Section on disposal of the dead in the Gallery of Primitive Medicine, Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 1946
Date: February 1952Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/110/32
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Livor mortis zine : hype in the hypogeum. #1.
Ruttley, StephenDate: 2017
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Livor mortis zine : party hits. Vol. 2.
Ruttley, StephenDate: 2018
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The political lives of dead bodies : reburial and postsocialist change / Katherine Verdery.
Verdery, Katherine, 1948-Date: [1999]
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The corpse : a history / by Christine Quigley.
Quigley, Christine, 1963-Date: [1996], ©1996
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M0001885: Book illustration depicting "Egyptian mourners carrying their children in a fold of clothes"
Date: 22 May 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/17/76
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Death warmed over : funeral food, rituals, and customs from around the world / Lisa Rogak.
Rogak, Lisa, 1962-Date: [2004]
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Pharmaceutical, anatomical and chemical lexicon : the National funeral directors' official text book / published under the auspices of the Funeral directors' association of the United States and Canada ... compiled from the most reliable sources by H. Samson ... O. N. Crane ... A. B. Perrigo ... committee. Assisted by Marcus P. Hatfield.
National Funeral Directors Association of the United States.Date: 1886
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Mṛtyu = Concept of death in Indian traditions : transformation of the body and funeral rites / Gian Giuseppe Filippi ; translated by Antonio Rigopoulos.
Filippi, Gian Giuseppe, 1947-Date: 1996
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Fvnerailles et diuerses manieres d'enseuelir des Rommains, Grecs, et autres nations, tant anciennes que modernes / Descrites par Claude Guichard.
Guichard, Claude, 1545-1607.Date: 1581. Auec. Priuilege
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Livor mortis zine : el bimbo. #12.
Ruttley, StephenDate: 2019
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Mortality and immortality : the anthropology and archaeology of death proceedings of a meeting of the Research Seminar in Archaeology and Related Subjects held at the Institute of Archaeology, London University, in June 1980 / edited by S.C. Humphreys and Helen King.
Research Seminar in Archaeology and Related Subjects (1980 : London University)Date: 1981
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Death to dust : what happens to dead bodies? / Kenneth V. Iserson.
Iserson, Kenneth V.Date: [1994], ©1994
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What to do after a death in England and Wales : a guide to what you must do and the help you can get / Benefits Agency.
Date: 1995
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Fvnerailles et diuerses manieres d'enseuelir des Rommains, Grecs, et autres nations, tant anciennes que modernes / Descrites par Claude Guichard.
Guichard, Claude, 1545-1607.Date: 1581. Auec. Priuilege
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Seize the day! : free event / Wellcome Collection.
Date: 2012
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The collectors of lost souls : turning Kuru scientists into whitemen / Warwick Anderson.
Anderson, Warwick, 1958-Date: 2008
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Hydriotaphia - Urnenbestattung und andere Schriften / Sir Thomas Browne ; herausgegeben, übersetzt und kommentiert von Manfred Pfister.
Browne, Thomas, Sir, 1605-1682Date: 2014
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An exposition of the dangers of interment in cities : illustrated by an account of the funeral rites and customs of the Hebrews, Greeks, Romans, and primitive Christians, by ancient and modern ecclesiastical canons, civil statutes, and municipal regulations, and by chemical and physical principles / chiefly from the works of Vicq d'Azyr of France and Scipione Piattoli of Modena ; with additions by Felix Pascalis.
Pascalis Ouviere, Felix, 1762-1833.Date: 1823
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Cremation of the dead : its history and bearings upon public health / by William Eassie ; with illustrations.
Eassie, William.Date: 1875
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M0012357: Zapotec funerary urn, 7th century
Date: February 1952Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/110/45
Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
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Impressions and comments : third (and final) series, 1920-1923 / by Havelock Ellis.
Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939.Date: 1924
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God's acre beautiful, or, The cemeteries of the future / by W. Robinson.
Robinson, W. (William), 1838-1935.Date: 1880
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The unvarying East : modern scenes and ancient Scriptures / E.J. Hardy.
Hardy, E. J. (Edward John), 1849-1920.Date: Leipsic :

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Rites of funeral ancient and modern, in use through the known world / Written originally in French, by ... Monsieur Muret. To which is added, a vindication of Christianity against paganism [by M. Minucius Felix] All translated into English by P. Lorrain.

M0012344: Section on disposal of the dead in the Gallery of Primitive Medicine, Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 1946

Livor mortis zine : hype in the hypogeum. #1.

Livor mortis zine : party hits. Vol. 2.

The political lives of dead bodies : reburial and postsocialist change / Katherine Verdery.

The corpse : a history / by Christine Quigley.

M0001885: Book illustration depicting "Egyptian mourners carrying their children in a fold of clothes"

Death warmed over : funeral food, rituals, and customs from around the world / Lisa Rogak.

Mṛtyu = Concept of death in Indian traditions : transformation of the body and funeral rites / Gian Giuseppe Filippi ; translated by Antonio Rigopoulos.

Fvnerailles et diuerses manieres d'enseuelir des Rommains, Grecs, et autres nations, tant anciennes que modernes / Descrites par Claude Guichard.

Livor mortis zine : el bimbo. #12.

Mortality and immortality : the anthropology and archaeology of death proceedings of a meeting of the Research Seminar in Archaeology and Related Subjects held at the Institute of Archaeology, London University, in June 1980 / edited by S.C. Humphreys and Helen King.

Death to dust : what happens to dead bodies? / Kenneth V. Iserson.

What to do after a death in England and Wales : a guide to what you must do and the help you can get / Benefits Agency.

Fvnerailles et diuerses manieres d'enseuelir des Rommains, Grecs, et autres nations, tant anciennes que modernes / Descrites par Claude Guichard.

Seize the day! : free event / Wellcome Collection.

The collectors of lost souls : turning Kuru scientists into whitemen / Warwick Anderson.

Hydriotaphia - Urnenbestattung und andere Schriften / Sir Thomas Browne ; herausgegeben, übersetzt und kommentiert von Manfred Pfister.

Cremation of the dead : its history and bearings upon public health / by William Eassie ; with illustrations.

M0012357: Zapotec funerary urn, 7th century

Impressions and comments : third (and final) series, 1920-1923 / by Havelock Ellis.

God's acre beautiful, or, The cemeteries of the future / by W. Robinson.

The unvarying East : modern scenes and ancient Scriptures / E.J. Hardy.