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  • He also produced this effect in some of his sculptures, for example Untitled (Funerary Box for a Lime Green Python) (1954), where a pair of solemn-looking palm leaves gives the work a consciously ritualistic tone.

    Cy Twombly obituary 2011

  • Funerary perfume cut through the blood in my nose.

    An Heroic Tale in an Enormous Tomb « A Fly in Amber 2008

  • "Post Mortem: Ten Creators Rethink the Funerary Urn" displays modern funerary urns developed by 10 designers and produced by Matteo Gonet, a Swiss glass artist and designer.

    Time Off 2009

  • The rich colors are still amazingly brilliant on the small, double-faced "Funerary Stele of the Lady Taperet" (850-690 B.C.), portraying the falcon-headed sun god Ra on one side and on the other the goddess of the night Nout, who swallows the sun each night and gives birth to it again every morning.

    'Altermodern' Is Nothing New 2009

  • The photos in Sacred: New Orleans Funerary Grounds are the last images taken of the city's cemeteries before Hurricane Katrina swept in.

    Boing Boing: September 18, 2005 - September 24, 2005 Archives 2005

  • My article, Saving the Dead: A Comparative Study of Post-Funerary Rites in Japanese and Mormon Culture is one of the features in the November 2006 issue of Sunstone.

    Published! | Mind on Fire 2006

  • Text books included “The Black Death” and “Funerary rituals of Greece.” or something like that

    For the price of a piece of thread. | Mind on Fire 2006

  • [177] Sept./visitation [of fire] to the North Gate of the Funerary

    The History of the Former Han Dynasty 1955

  • Seemingly the spirit of the deceased ruler was conceived as residing in his Main Funerary Chamber, where his daily meals were offered; at special times he was invited to repair to his Funerary Temple or his Side Hall, where more elaborate festivals were held.

    The History of the Former Han Dynasty 1944

  • The following extracts illustrate the Liturgy of Funerary Offerings:

    The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians 1895

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