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Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast By Glenn A. Knoblock

Arcadia Publishing has releases a new title in the Images of America series, the historic account of the cemeteries along the New Hampshire Seacoast. This collection is a must for anyone interested in local history, genealogy, or colonial-era art. Please visit Arcadia Publishing to purchase your copy of Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast and browse other cemetery books!

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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!

Living by the Dead By Ellen Ashdown with illustrations by Mary Liz Moody.

A memoir about living beside a cemetery--and about the members of my family who came to rest at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida. Please visit Kitsune Books for more information.

Graveyards of Chicago: The People, History, Art, and Lore of Cook County Cemeteries By Matt Hucke And Ursula Bielski.

Discover a Chicago That Exists Just Beneath the Surface - About Six Feet Under! Take a tour of Chicago's permanent residents! Please visit the Lake Claremont Press website to purchase your copy of Graveyards of Chicago today!

Epitaphs: The Magazine for Cemetery Lovers By Cemetery Lovers

For information regarding subscriptions, single issues, submission guidelines, deadlines, classifieds or advertising for future issues, please visit The Cemetery Club.

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.

Wonders of Tut reign in Chicago PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Sunday, 21 May 2006
Chicago

Field Museum

1400 S. Lakeshore Drive

(866) 343-5303


"Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs" opens Friday. The exhibit, scheduled to run through Jan. 1, will display 130 artifacts from the tombs of King Tut and his contemporaries.

These include CT scans of the pharaoh, which were obtained as part of a five-year Egyptian research and conservation project partially funded by National Geographic.

Among the notable pieces from the royal tomb are the golden diadem that circled Tutankhamun's head in life and death; a miniature coffin that held his mummified liver; his child-size chair and footrest; statues in gilded wood depicting the boy king as ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt; and model boats meant to ferry the king in the afterlife.

The Field Museum has already sold approximately 150,000 tickets with reservations from 32 U.S. states, a ticket presale record for the museum. If you want to add your name to the record list, tickets are $25 for adults, $22 for seniors and students and $16 for children 4 to 11. To purchase tickets, call (866) 343-5303 or visit www.fieldmuseum.org/tut or www.kingtut.org.

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