Image of Nefertari, Paintings and Relief, Tomb of Nefertari, QV66, Valley of the Queens, Ancient Thebes, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luxor, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Grave at cemetery graveyard at St Amand de Coly, Dordogne, France

Cremation at funeral ceremony, island of Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Graveyard at St Amand de Coly, Dordogne, France

Graveyard at St Amand de Coly, Dordogne, France

Grave at cemetery graveyard at St Amand de Coly, Dordogne, France

Nepal. Ritual, sonam/boom. Lobsangs cremation. Humla. traveler reached of journey! In freedom of infinite he is free from sorrow, fetters that bound thrown away, burning fever of life is no more,oesays dharmapada. Lobsang having spent whole life preparing moment of death, finds liberation on february 14, 1986. Extensive ritual follows cremation-traditionally a forty nine period, sonam lama rattles damaru. A small ritual drum to have origin in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bone dreid human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. Boom lama blows a kangling, a human thigh-bone horn. kangling is used in exorcism is capable of gods demons. Traditionally, best bones a kangling come from brahmans, particularly sixteen-year- brahman girls-or from tigers. On makeshift altar rest chhome, votive lamps filled with butter, cups of water, grains, tormas, holy food made of barley meal decorated with medallions of butter offered to gods. Alone, boom lama continues prayers of deceased

Cremation at pashupati nath temple, kathmandu,nepal

Cremation of bodies, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Cremation of a body, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

In first position the rooftop of Manikarnika ghat, general view of ghats rooftops, in Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Cremation of bodies, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

People carry a body, to burn, going to Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Funeral for the death of a person due to Coronavirus and AIDS in a small village near Kitui city in the Kamba country in Kenya, Africa.

Funeral for the death of a person due to Coronavirus and AIDS in a small village near Kitui city in the Kamba country in Kenya, Africa.

Funeral for the death of a person due to Coronavirus and AIDS in a small village near Kitui city in the Kamba country in Kenya, Africa.

Funeral for the death of a person due to Coronavirus and AIDS in a small village near Kitui city in the Kamba country in Kenya, Africa.

Funeral for the death of a person due to Coronavirus and AIDS in a small village near Kitui city in the Kamba country in Kenya, Africa.

Person who recovers wood used in cremation, which has not burned completely, in Manikarnika Ghat, the burning ghat, on the banks of Ganges river, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Funeral for the death of a person due to Coronavirus and AIDS in a small village near Kitui city in the Kamba country in Kenya, Africa.

Funeral for the death of a person due to Coronavirus and AIDS in a small village near Kitui city in the Kamba country in Kenya, Africa.

Funeral for the death of a person due to Coronavirus and AIDS in a small village near Kitui city in the Kamba country in Kenya, Africa.

Playing drums in a funeral for the death of a person due to Coronavirus and AIDS in a small village near Kitui city in the Kamba country in Kenya, Africa.

Funeral for the death of a person due to Coronavirus and AIDS in a small village near Kitui city in the Kamba country in Kenya, Africa.

Fu Shou Yuan cemetery, artist, cemetery during Ching Ming Festival, artist Wang Song Yin, 5th of April, sculpture of a tombstone for a former military officer, Bildhauer, sculptor

Fu Shou Yuan cemetery, cemetery during Ching Ming Festival, prayers for dead, ancestors, family offers food, wine, fruit to the dead people, show their respect, prayer, 5th of April, offerings

Grave sites on the cemetery of Altea, Costa Blanca, Spain, religion

Grave sites on the cemetery of Altea, Costa Blanca, Spain, religion

Mummies, Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe

Mummy and jars from the time of the Nazca, 200 BC - 700 AD, at Cementerio Arqueologico Chauchillo, Nazca, southern Peru, South America

Senior woman and boy with human and water buffalo skulls, Banaue, Ifugao, Philippines

Burning the mausoleum. Sunday September 2, 2001 Burningman festival at Black Rock desert Nevada.

Bangladesh, Dhaka, Gulshan Animals slaughtered in the street for the Muslim Eid-ul-Azha festival.

Bangladesh, Dhaka, Gulshan Animals slaughtered in the street for the Muslim Eid-ul-Azha festival.

Bangladesh, Dhaka, Gulshan Animals slaughtered in the street for the Muslim Eid-ul-Azha festival.

Decorated Streets, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico