Memento Mori: The Dead Among Us

by Paul Koudounaris

Book Overview

A macabre, spectacular, and thought-provoking survey of death in life, this book collects the many ways human remains are used in decorative, commemorative, and devotional contexts around the world today.

This compact edition of Memento Mori takes the reader on a ghoulish but beautiful tour of some of the world's more unusual sacred sites and traditions, in which human remains are displayed for the benefit of the living. From burial caves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500252610
• ISBN13: 9780500252611
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.6" x 11.2"