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    The Burial of Count Orgaz

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    “The Burial of Count Orgaz” analysis The Burial of Count Orgaz is a painting by famous renaissance artist El Greco. The painting is sixteen by eleven feet and was drawn with oil on canvas. The painting depicts a burial scene of Count Orgaz and a heaven scene with Christ above them. This painting is the most intriguing for El Greco’s use of two focal points. In El Greco’s career The Burial of Count Orgaz is widely accepted as his greatest work. In describing the painting itself it is divided into

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    Earth to the dead‚ acknowledgement of the deceased and the actual burial of the body. All these sacred rites are performed by specialists (usually priests or otherwise) who are paid by the deceased’s family members. Death rituals carry on long after the burial of the body in terms of grieving for the dead. These rites include returning to the burial site on specific dates to mourn‚ perform yuan-fen (a symbolic act in which the burial site is rounded off with dirt to give it a nice and proper shape)

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    their deceased and prepare the dead for the journey to the afterlife which undoubtedly was a long and elaborated process. Ancient Romans and Egyptians demonstrated their firm conviction in the afterlife through solemn funeral services and burial rituals. Unlike the Egyptians who treasured the dead bodies and preserved them in sarcophagus or coffins‚ Romans cremated the dead bodies and kept the ashes in urns because they perceived the life in physical world to be short and temporary. When

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    The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (henceforth Three Burials) is a resonant pictorial‚ which deliberates upon male friendship‚ loss‚ retribution‚ crime‚ and cross-border contrasts that incidentally‚ are lightly mirrored by the collaboration of director Jones and screenwriter Arriaga. The are subtle allusions of political commentary regarding the state of Mexican labor‚ border patrols and the lawless abuse Mexicans face when trying to make a new life for themselves. The film brings story elements

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    In "Roger Malvin’s Burial‚" Hawthorne presents the story of a man who lies to his wife about how he helped her father in his dying days. The young man‚ Reuben Bourne‚ and his girlfriend’s father‚ Roger Malvin‚ have been left wounded by a battle. After journeying for three days‚ Roger can no longer go on. Despite his request to Reuben that he should go home to his daughter‚ Dorcas‚ Reuben refuses and wants to stay by Roger’s side until he dies. However‚ Reuben decides that he can try to save Roger

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    reliant on fuel-guzzling transportation (Watson‚ 2013). In this paper‚ I will discuss the topic of green burials‚ other wise known as green methods of final deposition. I will explain the procedure‚ product‚ and process‚ as well as how this relates to my interest in nursing and how I would plan on educating my future clients. Green burials can go by many names: natural burial‚ woodland burial‚ or green method of final disposition. All versions are about keeping things as simple and natural as possible

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    What can the study of grave-goods tell us about the nature of society? The Anglo-Saxon ship‚ Sutton Hoo‚ was discovered by Basil Brown in 1939 in a burial mound near Woodbridge‚ Suffolk‚ in southeast England‚ and was excavated in 1939 and in 1965-7. This excavation provided a number of aspects of the study of Anglo-Saxons. It shows aspects of the Christian conversion‚ everyday life‚ religion‚ customs‚ kingdoms‚ myths and legends‚ and the study of the remains of the Anglo-Saxons - their artefacts

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    Abydos Cemetery Analysis

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    The Abydos Cemetery was a burial ground for the ruling elites of Abydos in Predynastic times. “Umm el-Qa’ab”‚ which means "the mother of pots"‚ is the modern-day Arabic name of the site. (Bard 2008: 109) The cemetery is located in the desert between Abydos and the edge of a mountain range. The burial ground was used from at least the Naqada I period in 3800 B.C. It was the royal cemetery during the 1st Dynasty and was also used by the two last kings of the 2nd Dynasty. The area has been divided into

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    shadows them around. Morticians have a wide variety of undertakings; they supervise the preparations of the burial‚ arrange funerals and services‚ and support and counsel the living. There are several different factors when choosing a cemetery or burial place and a mortician guides you through all of them to fit the families’ and the deceased’s needs. There are many different cemeteries and burial locations to choose from which can be very overwhelming for a grieving family‚ also very confusing there

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    this category would typically be identified by comrades‚ or a superior. - some who fell‚ would have been classified less easily identifiable (maimed or disfigured) in some fashion. A good portion of these also were probably buried in cemeteries‚ or burial plots‚ close to the firing line. Those falling into this category might include soldiers who were attacked‚ or killed when their unit advanced‚ and been killed or later died of their wounds; but due to battlefield circumstances‚ their bodies could

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