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Tomb of the Haterii, Via Labicana, Rome, Italy, deceased woman lying in state, relief detail.
Sculpture; Architectural sculpture; Memorial works; Bas-reliefs; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Memorial rites & ceremonies; Rites & ceremonies; Death; Grief; Gestures; Architecture; Interiors; Houses; Dwellings; Residential facilities;...
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Francois Vase, (from top) Kalydonian boar hunt; funeral games for Patroklos; marriage of Peleus and Thetis; ambush of Troilos [Troy].
Sculpture; Pottery; Vases; Containers; Storytelling; Myths; Legends; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Marriage; Weddings; Celebrations; Rites & ceremonies; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Memorial rites & ceremonies; Campaigns & battles;...
Attic black-figure volute krater.
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Attic black-figure phormiskos, men and Doric column.
Sculpture; Vases; Pottery; Containers; Memorial rites & ceremonies; Rites & ceremonies; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Manners & customs; Death; Death & burial; Grief; Mental states; Farewells; Salutations; Gestures; Inscriptions;...
From the Athenian Kerameikos.
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Attic black-figure phormiskos, women (left) and corpse (right).
Sculpture; Vases; Pottery; Containers; Memorial rites & ceremonies; Rites & ceremonies; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Manners & customs; Death; Death & burial; Grief; Mental states; Farewells; Salutations; Gestures; Inscriptions;...
From the Athenian Kerameikos.
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Agora, Athens, cremation burial with Geometric vases, diagram.
Graves; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Rites & ceremonies; Cremation; Death & burial; Ceremonial objects; Sculpture; Urns; Vases; Pottery; Containers; Drawings; Diagrams; Reconstructions; Conjectural works
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Mastaba, stepped pyramid, pyramid, diagrams.
Architecture; Pyramids; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Funerary facilities; Architectural elements; Rooms & spaces; Passageways; Chapels; Tables; Sculpture; Ceremonial objects; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Rites & ceremonies; Death...
From the "Elements of Architecture: Mastaba to Pyramid" section of the "Art of Ancient Egypt" chapter (Chapter 3). Components highlighted are: mastaba (chapel, offering table, serdab with statue of ka, underground burial...
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Tutankhamen [Tutankhamun], funerary mask, front view, day of discovery.
Sculpture; Coffins; Sarcophagi; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Containers; Goldwork; Metalwork; Ceremonial objects; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Rites & ceremonies; Death & burial; Dead persons; Mummies; Masks; Death mask; Men; Kings;...
Funerary mask of Tutankhamen, from the tomb of Tutankhamen, Valley of the Kings, Egypt, photographed the day it was discovered, October 28, 1925.
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Tutankhamen [Tutankhamun], funerary mask, front view.
Sculpture; Coffins; Sarcophagi; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Containers; Goldwork; Metalwork; Ceremonial objects; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Rites & ceremonies; Death & burial; Dead persons; Mummies; Masks; Death mask; Men; Kings;...
Funerary mask of Tutankhamen, from the tomb of Tutankhamen, Valley of the Kings, Egypt.
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Tutankhamen [Tutankhamun], inner coffin, front view, standing.
Sculpture; Coffins; Sarcophagi; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Containers; Goldwork; Metalwork; Ceremonial objects; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Rites & ceremonies; Death & burial; Dead persons; Mummies; Men; Kings; Rulers; People...
Inner coffin of sarcophagus, from the tomb of Tutankhamen, Valley of the Kings, Egypt.
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Tomb of Governor Amenhotep Huy, Qurnet Murai, [Egypt], wall painting, State Ship, detail.
Paintings; Murals; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Rites & ceremonies; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Sailing; Ships; Sailing ships; Galleys (Ships); Vessels; Government vessels; Vehicles; Rivers; Bodies of water; Men; Sailors; Working...
Detail of a tempera facsimile of a wall painting. Facsimile by Charles K. Wilkinson.
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Book of the Dead, Judgment before Osiris.
Paintings; Scrolls (Visual works); Books; Illustrations; Book illustrations; Storytelling; Myths; Legends; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Rites & ceremonies; Death; Death & burial; Testing; Truth; Dead persons; Men; Women; Gods;...
Illustration from book.
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Funerary pyre of Antoninus Pius, reverse of an aureus of Marcus Aurelius.
Coins; Money; Metalwork; Goldwork; Rites & ceremonies; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Inscriptions
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Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome, Italy, pedestal, Decursio.
Architecture; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Funerary facilities; Columns; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Pedestals; Architectural sculpture; Architectural...
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Mummy of Artemidorus, from Hawara, Egypt, case with portrait.
Mummies; Containers; Ceremonial objects; Death & burial; Portraits; Portrait paintings; Paintings; Men; Dead persons; Faces; Heads (Anatomy); Clothing & dress; Wreaths; Hairstyles; Feet; Plasterwork; Symbols; Rites & ceremonies; Funeral...
Mummy case: stucco with gold leaf; portrait: encaustic on wood.
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Funerary mask, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece.
Sculpture; Masks; Ceremonial objects; Goldwork; Metalwork; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Rites & ceremonies; Men; Faces; Beards; Mustaches; Ears
"Just inside the Lion Gate, [Heinrich] Schliemann uncovered what archaeologists now designate as Grave Circle A. It predates the Lion Gate and the walls of Mycenae by some three centuries. Grave Circle A encloses six deep shafts that had...
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Tutankhamen [Tutankhamun], inner coffin, front, slight three-quarter view, standing.
Sculpture; Coffins; Sarcophagi; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Containers; Goldwork; Metalwork; Ceremonial objects; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Rites & ceremonies; Death & burial; Dead persons; Mummies; Men; Kings; Rulers; People...
Inner coffin of sarcophagus, from the tomb of Tutankhamen, Valley of the Kings, Egypt.
Visual Resources Center Digital Image Collection

Funerary relief with funerary procession, from Amiternum, Italy.
Sculpture; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Rites & ceremonies; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Funeral processions; Parades & processions; Death & burial; Grief; Men; Women; Slaves; Freedmen; Musicians; Lifting & carrying;...
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Bi disk with dragons.
Sculpture; Ceremonial objects; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Rites & ceremonies; Dragons; Supernatural beings; Animals; Patterns (Design elements)
From Jincun (?), China, Eastern Zhou dynasty.
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Army of the First Emperor of Qin.
Sculpture; Terra-cotta; Ceremonial objects; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Rites & ceremonies; Mounds (Burials); Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Emperors; Rulers; Men; Soldiers; Armies; Military personnel; People associated with military...
In pits next to his burial mound, Lintong, China. Qin dynasty.
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Attic white-ground lekythos, woman pouring libation from hydria on to grave.
Sculpture; Pottery; Pitchers; Containers; Vases; Graves; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; Stelae; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Architectural decorations & ornaments; Finials; Rites & ceremonies; Manners & customs; Memorial...
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