Curious Coffins and Riveting Rituals
Embark on a whirlwind tour of burial, preservation, and memorial practices and landmarks from across the globe and throughout history, ranging from the customs of our ancestors to contemporary practices. In these vibrantly illustrated pages, you can explore how humans from time immemorial have honored and remembered the dead.
From mummification in ancient Egypt and postmortem photography in Victorian England to Ghana's fantasy coffins and the rise of the lucrative embalming industry in the United States, the vibrant visual profiles in this book explore how humans throughout time have buried, preserved, mourned, honoured, and remembered our dead. Author-illustrator YY Liak tackles this thorny theme with a deep compassion for the universal experiences of loss and grief, and an intrepid interest in the unique mortuary practices that have arisen across continents, cultures, and millennia.
