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The Corpse That Wouldn't Stay Buried
Victorian premature burial panic — and the safety coffins invented to prevent it.
Eating the Dead
Funerary cannibalism across cultures — from Papua New Guinea to medieval Europe.
The Dancing Bones of Madagascar
Famadihana: the ceremony where the dead are exhumed, dressed, and danced with.
Sky, Sea, and Tree
Three radical alternatives to ground burial — sky burials, sea burials, and tree pod burials.
The Bone Churches of Europe
Ossuaries, charnel houses, and the strange beauty of decorating with the dead.
Fantasy Coffins of Ghana
How the Ga people turned the coffin into a work of art — and a statement about life.
The Future of Death
Mushroom suits, space burials, and the radical new ways we're choosing to return to the earth.
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