Griffey, Harriet.
Summary: Discusses the Egyptian preservation of dead bodies, stories associated with mummies, and mummies from different cultures, including Incan and Sicilian.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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Publisher / Publication Date: Galen Press 1994
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Summary: By the time Nate Fisher was laid to rest in a woodland grave sans coffin in the final season of Six Feet Under, Americans all across the country were starting to look outside the box when death came calling. This book follows families who found in "green" burial a more natural, more economic, and ultimately more meaningful alternative to the tired and toxic send-off on offer at the local...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2008
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Summary: From organs in jars to modern embalming, this series offers full-color photographs and lots of information about the various processes that have helped preserve the dead for centuries.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2014
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Summary: In Lenin's Bath, a doctor reflects: "Soaking in his vat of embalming / fluid, Lenin looks restful, / meditative, a high / official in his bath / in his dacha, far away / from the controlled air / of the mausoleum, / the schoolchildren filing past..."
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Poetry Review 1999