Tattooing in the American Civil War was a hedge against anonymous death
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In 1903, a Norwegian farmer discovered an ornate piece of wood sticking out of the mud – one year later, an almost totally intact Viking ship burial had been uncovered
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Towers of silence
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France plans mobile school force after headteacher resigns over death threats
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A miracle in Missouri? The nun who put her abbey on the map
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Long barrows are Neolithic constructions that might have been churches, or graveyards, or landmarks. And some are being built again: for the first time in recorded history.
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The Paris morgue provided ghoulish entertainment
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The meaning of death
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Funerals of the future? – Sweden sees sharp rise in burials without ceremony
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What does it mean to die well?
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