“…a Gentle Calm and Happy Resurrection” – Theological and Folk-religious Backgrounds of Crypt Burials
For years there has been a lively discussion if there did exist a tradition of intentional mummification in Christian Europe, since hundreds of naturally mummified individuals of a social elite have been found preserved in family- and church crypts. But in most cases well ventilated crypt spaces are...
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Lodz University Press
2020-12-01
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Series: | Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Archaeologica |
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Online Access: | https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/archaeo/article/view/9488 |