Author: Paul Koudounaris
Title: Memento Mori. The Dead Among Us
Description: Thames and Hudson, 2015 Hardback, 330x220mm, 208 pages, 278 bw and col. illustrations. First English edition. ISBN 9780500517789. ¶ Memento Mori takes the reader on a ghoulish but beautiful tour of some of the worlds more unusual sacred sites and traditions, in which human remains are displayed for the benefit of the living. From burial caves in Indonesia festooned with bones, to skulls smoking cigarettes, wearing beanie hats and sunglasses, and decorated with garlands of flowers in South America, Paul Koudounaris ventures beyond the grave to find messages of hope and salvation. His glorious colour photographs and informed commentaries reveal that in many places, the realms of the living and the dead are nowhere near so distinct as contemporary Western society would have us believe.

Keywords: geschiedenis dood histoire mort mor catacomben skelletten schedels begraafplaatsen graven graveyards catacombes


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