Death is universal, but each culture has found a different way to deal with it.
The History of Death.
This wide-ranging book examines the compelling subject of death, funeral rites and burial in different cultures and societies, from the drama of medieval French royal funerals to the burial alive of the Dinka \'masters of the spear\' in the Sudan, from the Egyptian pyramids to the Chinese terra-cotta army to elaborate Victorian mausolea, and from the Grim Reaper to Hades and the Underworld.
Death is universal, but each culture has found a different way to deal with it