burial

A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our dead. The summer before his senior year in college, Greg Melville worked at the cemetery in his hometown, and thanks to hour upon hour of pushing a mower over the grassy acres, he came to realize what a rich story the place told of his town and its history. Thus was born Melville's lifelong curiosity with how, where, and why we bury and commemorate our dead. Melville's Over My Dead Body is a lively (pun intended) and wide-ranging history of cemeteries, places that have mirrored the passing eras in history but have also shaped it.

Buried deep beneath the outskirts of the city, the London catacombs are known for being as beautiful as they are eerie. Although they are no longer in use today, these tunnels document an important part of the city's history. Discover the London catacombs, including who was laid to rest there, why they closed, and more.

Explores the material, political, intellectual, and spiritual impact of the enormous loss of life resulting from the Civil War in America, and looks at how military personnel and civilians dealt with the carnage on both practical and spiritual levels.

Young readers will be drawn to all kinds of gory and unsavory topics, including foot binding for young women, the murderous Empress Wu, the deadly search for immortality, and the origins of acupuncture.

Explains how modern scientific techniques are used to piece together the stories behind human remains and how the information is used to create a picture of the cultures and ritual beliefs of a range of ancient societies.

Examines famous crypts, tombs, and mausoleums, and looks at burial rituals.

"Explores the history, science, architecture, and mythology of the subterranean landscape, discussing the nature of human relationships with caves, catacombs, subway systems, and abandoned mines"--OCLC.

In a society obsessed with grave keeping, two teenaged sisters, whose parents own a small-town cemetery in upstate New York, must deal with the world outside their insular family.

"Tells the true story of what happened in the month's after Alex's daddy died and how, with the help of his mother, Alex learned all about burial and cremation"--Back cover.

Ipy, whose father is an embalmer to the Egyptian king, describes how he and his father mummify the body of Yuya, the father of the queen. Features sidebars of hieroglyphs, a map, and an afterword about the life of Yuya, the burial process, and ancient Egypt.