RadicalAnthro, 3 months ago to Philippines

#Asian #elephant calf #burials
Astonishing!

https://advance.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.22541/au.169035525.57926235/v1

Vibracobra23, 3 months ago to history

#479 Bess Lovejoy - Rest In Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses. Duckworth Overlook, London, 2014, 1st UK edition. #BessLovejoy #Burials #History #Duckworth #TombTuesday #BookOfTheDay

appassionato, 4 months ago to palestine

Gaza burials

@palestine
#Gaza
#burials

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-burials-deaths.html

(paywall)

KronoMoon, 10 months ago to history

#History of #Flower Arrangement
🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_flower_arrangement

"… #Egyptians were decorating with flowers as early as 2,500 #BCE. They regularly placed cut flowers in vases & highly stylized arrangements were used during #burials, for #processions & simply as table #decorations…
…flowers were worn by loved ones and left at the tombs … blue scilla, poppy-flowered anemone, and Iris sibiric…"

🔗 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saqqara,_Mereruka_1999_07.jpg
🔗 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Egyptian_Fans_and_Oars.png
#ancient #Egypt #flora #antiquity #Time & #Timelessness

WikiCommons photo of an ancient Egyptian stone relief (flattened) carving. English: "Relief of Mereruka's daughter smelling a lotus flower, inside of Mastaba of Mereruka. Saqqara, Egypt" Español: "Relieve de la hija de Mereruka oliendo una flor de loto en el interior de la Mastaba de Mereruka. Saqqara (Rgipto)" Photo by LBM1948, 1999. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saqqara,_Mereruka_1999_07.jpg
WikiCommons colorful historical illustration of various "Egyptian lotus motifs, fans, boats, and paddles.", shows flowers and other natural forms used in decorative design. "Printed on border: "Aegyptish" "Egyptian No. 2" "Egyptiens" "Tafel V" "Pl. V" Written on border: "1868." From NYPL picture collection." https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Egyptian_Fans_and_Oars.png

jens2go, 1 year ago to animals

Naughty boy, this is not your chew bone! 🐶🦴

Among the many fascinating finds from the so-called #Shaman of #BadDürrenberg's burial, a large #BoneAwl may tell a little #SundayArchaeology story of a #Mesolithic #dog ... who was not a good boy.