Secondary Burial and the Afterlife in the Middle East, Europe and Anatolia - Robin Melrose - Books - McFarland & Co  Inc - 9781476679921 - September 30, 2020
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Secondary Burial and the Afterlife in the Middle East, Europe and Anatolia


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Cremation and inhumation are the two most common forms of burial. But in the ancient world there was a another: secondary burial, involving the de-fleshing of the body, followed by another funeral. Common in prehistory from the Middle East and Mycenaean Greece to Britain, the practice ceased between the first and fourth centuries.


244 pages, 15 photos

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released September 30, 2020
ISBN13 9781476679921
Publishers McFarland & Co Inc
Pages 244
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 12 mm   ·   125 g   (Weight (estimated))

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