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Death imagined : ancient perceptions of death and dying /

Death is common and inescapable, everyone will agree. Yet, how one imagines the experience of dying and the beyond is very individual. Ancient cultures were not indifferent to this grim and painful moment and ‘the unknown beyond.’ Needless to say, representations of the final moments and transition...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Sekita, Karolina (Editor), Southwood, Katherine E. (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2025.
Series:	Liverpool studies in ancient history.
Subjects:	Civilization, Ancient. Death > Social aspects > History. Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.

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