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Quoting Death in Early Modern England: The Poetics of Epitaphs Beyond the Tomb By Scott L. Newstok

An innovative study of the Renaissance practice of making epitaphic gestures within other English genres. A poetics of quotation uncovers the ways in which writers including Shakespeare, Marlowe, Holinshed, Sidney, Jonson, Donne, and Elizabeth I have recited these texts within new contexts. Visit Palgrave Macmillan and purchase your copy today!

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Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers

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Guardians of the Soul: Angels and Innocents, Mourners and Saints with photography by John Bower and foreword by Claude Cookman

Indiana's remarkable cemetery sculpture is now available. Please visit Studio Indiana for more information.

West Springfield Massachusetts: Stories Carved in Stone by Rusty Clark

Features information on early New England gravestone carvers with more than two hundred photos and illustrations. Please visit the Dog Pond Press website.

Ancient tomb uncovered in Cairo suburb PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Thursday, 26 August 2004
August 25 2004 at 04:47PM

Cairo - A domed Pharaonic tomb dating back to the 7th century BC was uncovered in a residential Cairo suburb, officials at the Supreme Council for Antiquities said on Wednesday. SCA Secretary-General Zahi Hawass told reporters that the tomb was made for a priest during the 26th dynasty.

The tomb was found during the construction of a house in the neighbourhood, which is known to hold ruins underground.

This is the second tomb uncovered in the Matariya neighbourhood this month.

Over 400 small statue figures were found in the tomb with Hawass predicting the number of the tiny statues would reach 408 "as conforming with funeral rituals of that period".

Unable to find the tomb entrance, archeologists removed stones off the dome to enter. They found hieroglyphic writing on a wall indicating the name of the priest but could not continue exploration due to water flooding.

SCA official Rida Suleiman said it would take two weeks to clear the water and continue exploration.

The Matariyah neighbourhood is located within an old city named Heliopolis by the Romans. - Sapa-dpa

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