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Documents in extraordinary detail the habits, customs, art and methods of the Egyptian civilization. Covers the arrangement of houses, games and amusements, music and instruments, armor, transportation, festivals, farming methods, laws and scientific…

An exploration of the rituals, beliefs, art, and mythology humans have used to understand death and the afterlife examines a wide range of practices and traditions--Mexico's Day of the Dead, Victorian funeral customs, the Tibetan Book of the Dead,…

Originally written as letters to the Russki vyestnik, 1879-1880, then edited by M.Katkoff. Cf. Translator's preface.

With Imagining Karma, Gananath Obeyesekere embarks on the very first comparison of rebirth concepts across a wide range of cultures. Exploring in rich detail the beliefs of small-scale societies of West Africa, Melanesia, traditional Siberia, Canada,…

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