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Death customs and beliefs in various regions and countries of the world. ... Death through the Ages ... This part of the site works best with frames. The content may still be accessed at this page.
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library.thinkquest.org/16665/burialframe.htm
library.thinkquest.org/16665/burialframe.htm
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Burial customs and other social rituals surrounding death provide an interesting look at the beliefs, superstitions and traditions of our ancestors. ... Many early burial rites and customs were practiced to protect the living, by appeasing the spirits who were thought to have caused the person's death.
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genealogy.about.com/od/cemetery_records/a/burial_custom...
genealogy.about.com/od/cemetery_records/a/burial_customs.htm
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Tomb types: A Shaft Tomb with a Chambe ... This is the most common tomb type for the Egyptian upper class in the Old Kingdom (about 2686-2181 BC). However, smaller tombs of this type might also by less wealthy people. Some tombs have not only one, but even two or more chambers. ... (click on the pictures to see the 3d models...
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www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/burialcustoms/tombtypes/shaf...
www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/burialcustoms/tombtypes/shaft2.html
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There is no such phenomenon as 'the ancient Egyptian burial' as a general type: burial customs evolved continuously throughout Egyptian history. Studying the developments allows us to separate the history of these customs into broad periods...
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www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/burialcustoms/index.html
www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/burialcustoms/index.html
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add your site description here ... Egyptian Burial Customs; In Egypt, people believed in the afterlife. To them, the afterlife was a very important part of death and was respected greatly. The Egyptians believed that the body had to be intact in order for the next world to except it.
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connections.smsd.org/csi/burial%20customs.htm
connections.smsd.org/csi/burial%20customs.htm
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Although we may find ancient burial customs to be strange or in some cases repugnant, they obviously arose for a reason. ... The first burial customs then, were crude efforts to protect the living from the spirits which caused the death of the person.
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www.wyfda.org/basics_2.html
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The interment of a deceased person with ecclesiastical rites in consecrated ground ... The law of the Church regarding burial ... According to the canon law every man is free to choose for himself the burial ground in which he wishes to be interred. It is not necessary that this choice should be formally registered in his will.
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www.newadvent.org/cathen/03071a.htm
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These customs were part of our past in Scott County, Tennessee as well as the Southern Appalachian region. All these rituals were done out of love and with the knowledge that these acts were the last thing ... A group of men would gather their picks and shovels and go to the burial site and commence to "diggin' the grave".
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www.angelfire.com/tn2/ScottCoTnMemories/BurialCustomsAn...
www.angelfire.com/tn2/ScottCoTnMemories/BurialCustomsAndRituals.html
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Funeral Customs, by Bertram Puckle, at sacred-texts.com ... We shall find other funerary customs dictated by this doctrine, such as the burial in an upright or in a kneeling position, even upside down in view of the supposed upheaval at the last day.
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www.sacred-texts.com/etc/fcod/fcod11.htm
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