Curious Coffins and Riveting Rituals: Death Practices Around the World

This illustrated volume explores the diverse and captivating death and funeral traditions from around the world. It offers a modern-day memento mori that delves into practices of burial, preservation, and memorialization. Spanning history and culture, this highlights a variety of customs, including ancient Egyptian mummification, Victorian post-mortem photography, India’s open-pyre cremations, Ghana’s fantasy coffins, and the Japanese kotsuage ritual, among others.