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In Search of History. Last Rites - Death Ceremonies / A&E Television Networks, LLC.

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Using rare footage and interviews with leading historians, this program offers a revealing look at the ways different societies around the world and throughout history have dealt with death.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Streaming video (Emerson users only)
Corporate Contributors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Films Media Group.
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2010]
Subjects:
Death > Comparative studies.
Death > Cross-cultural studies.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Rites and ceremonies.
World history.
Genre/Form:Educational films.
Internet videos.
Videorecording.
Table of Contents:
  • Ultimate Unknown (2:31)
  • Earliest Death Beliefs (2:00)
  • Quest for Immortality (4:00)
  • Mummification Inspired by Nature (2:50)
  • Enduring Roman Death Ritual (1:43)
  • Cremation Ceremony (2:43)
  • Hindu Death Rituals (2:51)
  • Western Religious Views on Death (2:46)
  • Christian Religious Views on Death (2:37)
  • The Sky Burial (2:34)
  • Cannibalism and Death Rituals (1:54)
  • Story of Orpheus (2:19)
  • Ritual Redefines Reality (1:44)
  • Memory of the Dead (3:02)
  • Paradox of Death (3:10)
  • Notion of Life After Death (2:39)
  • Credits: In Search of History: Last Rites - Death Ceremonies (1:01)

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