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Tag: victorian era
I’ve always been drawn to Victorian mourning rituals, especially the regalia of full mourning attire…
As long as we have been in existence, the living have attempted to get in communication with…
Is there a difference between the two? As it turns out, yes. Clifford A. Pickover,…
Last week I finished my online course “Investigating the Victorians” through Oxford’s Department of Continuing…
Home medicine was a necessary part of life in the Victorian Era because professional medical care…
Featured Image: The Thanatos Archive’s website banner. The Archive’s mission is to “collect, preserve, and…
Featured image: Highgate Cemetery founded in 1839. Photo via http://notesfromcamelidcountry.net/2013/07/21/highgate-cemetery-a-victorian-valhalla/. Spring will soon be upon us – the…
How we mourn the famous reveals something much larger about our culture as a whole:…
shroud noun 1. a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead…
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