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Ossuaries: Where Bones Are Put to Rest
Ossuaries can be found all around the world, each with its own rich history and meanings. But what are ossuaries? From the latin oss-, or bone, ossuaries are quite literally bone rooms. These may be rooms, or a set of rooms, which contain hundreds of human bones. In some cases, entire buildings are constructed from…
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Rural Cemeteries and the Advent of American Public Parks
Public parks are a large part of American culture, offering familiar spaces. Parks may be a commonplace landscape, but they have an unusual origin – cemeteries. A Response to Urbanization and Industrial America During the United States’s urban expansion of the 1800s, cemeteries were located within towns and cities; many of these cemeteries were graveyards…
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Who Studies the Dead?
There are many individuals who make their living from studying the dead, with positions varying from the medico-legal to the academic.
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Kyla Hammond
K.C.Hammond@ahistoryofdeath.com
I started this blog to share with others the fascinating human history of death, and show that there is much the living can learn from the dead.
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