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  2. Roman funerary art - Wikipedia

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    Historical Roman art genre. Marble cinerary chest (90–110 AD), made by Marcus Domitius Primigenius "for himself, his freedmen and freedwomen, and their descendants": the deceased makes an offering to a reclining female figure who may be Mother Earth, with two attendants holding food and wine (Metropolitan Museum of Art)[1] The funerary artof ...

  3. Epitaph - Wikipedia

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    Epitaph on the base of the Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois. An epitaph (from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios) 'a funeral oration'; from ἐπι-(epi-) 'at, over' and τάφος (táphos) 'tomb') [1] [2] is a short text honoring a deceased person. Strictly speaking, it refers to text that is ...

  4. Veneration of the dead - Wikipedia

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    The veneration of ancestors has led to the widespread tradition of tomb building, as well as the highlands practice of the famadihana, whereby a deceased family member's remains may be exhumed to be periodically re-wrapped in fresh silk shrouds before being replaced in the tomb. The famadihana is an occasion to celebrate the beloved ancestor's ...

  5. Funerary art in Puritan New England - Wikipedia

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    Funerary art in Puritan New England encompasses graveyard headstones carved between c. 1640 and the late 18th century by the Puritans, founders of the first American colonies, and their descendants. Early New England Puritan funerary art conveys a practical attitude towards 17th-century mortality; death was an ever-present reality of life, [1 ...

  6. Roman funerary practices - Wikipedia

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    John Bodel calculates an annual death rate of 30,000 among a population of about 750,000 in the city of Rome, not counting victims of plague and pandemic. [10] At birth, Romans of all classes had an approximate life expectancy of 20–30 years: men and women of citizen class who reached maturity could expect to live until their late 50's or much longer, barring illness, disease and accident. [11]

  7. Find a Grave - Wikipedia

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    Website policy is to remove memorials or transfer their management at the request of an immediate family member. [29] In January 2022, following complaints, Find a Grave announced a new policy for memorials of recently deceased persons. [30] Under the new policy, any photos or personal information, including obituaries, are hidden for three months.

  8. Many Americans say they’ve interacted with deceased family ...

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    Many Americans say they’ve interacted with deceased family members in dreams, study says. The connections people experience with their loved ones don’t necessarily end after death, a recent ...

  9. Ancient Greek funeral and burial practices - Wikipedia

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    After 1100 BC, Greeks began to bury their dead in individual graves rather than group tombs. Athens, however, was a major exception; the Athenians normally cremated their dead and placed their ashes in an urn. [4] During the early Archaic period, Greek cemeteries became larger, but grave goods decreased.

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