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Mark Antony's Oration at Caesar's Funeral
Amid the chaos and strife following the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, Mark Antony (83-30 BCE), with the advice of Cicero, persuaded the Roman Senate to declare an amnesty which pardoned the Liberators and accepted the legitimacy...
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The Roman Funeral
The Roman funeral was a rite of passage that signified the transition between the states of life and death. It was very important to conduct the proper ceremonies and burial in order to avoid having a malicious spirit rising from the underworld...
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The Funeral of a Viking
Painting by Frank Dicksee (1853-1928 CE) titled "The Funeral of a Viking", showing a Viking being cremated on a ship pushed out to sea. The painting resides at the Manchester Art Gallery in the UK. Historically, although burial became...
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Tomb of the Funeral Couch, Tarquinia
The Etruscan Tomb of the Funeral Couch, Tarquinia, 470-450 BCE. (National Etruscan Museum, Villa Giulia, Rome)
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Roman Funeral Memorial
1st century CE limestone Roman funeral memorial with portraits.(Archaeological Museum, Milan)
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Funeral of Edward the Confessor, Bayeux Tapestry
A depiction on the Bayeux Tapestry (1067-1079 CE) of the funeral of Edward the Confessor, king of England from 1042 to 1066 CE. The building is Westminster Abbey, which Edward founded. (Centre Guillaume le Conquérant, Bayeux, France)
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Funeral Stele of Artistion
Marble funeral stele depicting a hoplite soldier, signed by Aristokles (500 BCE), National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Funeral Mask of Queen Tiye
The funeral mask of the Egyptian queen Tiye, 1398-1338 BCE. Tiye was the wife of the pharaoh Amenhotep III, mother of Akhenaten, and grandmother of both Tutankhamun and Ankhsenamun.(Altes Museum, Berlin)
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Funeral Scaffold of a Sioux Chief near Fort Pierre
Funeral Scaffold of a Sioux Chief near Fort Pierre, aquatint on paper by Karl Bodmer, plate 11 from Volume 2 of Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, 1844.
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Funeral Stele of Hegeso
"HEGESO, DAUGHTER OF PROXENOS" ΗΓΗΣΩΠΡΟΧΕΝΟ So reads the inscription at the top of the stele. At left a slave girl stands, holding out a jewellery box for Hegeso who has taken an item out of the box. The detail of the jewellery would...