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Portrait of an Asmat tribesman leaning on a human skull, Irian Jaya (West Irian) (Irian Barat), New Guinea, Indonesia, Asia

Monument filled with human skulls at the Killing Fields of Choueng Ek, victims under the Khmer Rouge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Human skulls on display in a Monument at the Killing Fields of Choueng Ek, victims under the Khmer Rouge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Monument filled with human skulls at the Killing Fields of Choueng Ek, victims under the Khmer Rouge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Human skulls, hunted by Konyak tribal men, kept in village community centre as a museum to the tribe's cultural past, Chingnyu, Nagaland, India, Asia

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Human skull on display, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Decoration made of human skulls and bones, interior of Sedlec Ossuary, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kutna Hora, Czech Republic (Czechia), Europe

Nepal. Sonam & boom praying at charnel grounds. Humla. Vajrayana is tantric mahasiddha, lives fearlessly in terrifying places like remote jungles charnel grounds. nyingma lamas perform ritual at cremation grounds. lama rattles damaru, a small ritual drum to have origins in - shamanism. damaru, used as a tantric device to summon gods ward evil spirits, once made from human skull bones dried human skin as a reminder of impermanence of body. other lama, boom 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

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

A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn, an ancient grave at least 2000 years old, in Ilulissat in Greenland, Polar Regions

A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn, an ancient grave at least 2000 years old, in Ilulissat in Greenland, Polar Regions

A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn, an ancient grave at least 2000 years old, in Ilulissat in Greenland, Polar Regions

A human Inuit skull in a stone chambered cairn, an ancient grave at least 2000 years old, in Ilulissat in Greenland, Polar Regions

Damaged skulls of known victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide remain interred inside of of the Kigali Genocide Memorial as a testament to those lost in the brutality, Kigali, Rwanda.

Damaged skulls of known victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide remain interred inside of of the Kigali Genocide Memorial as a testament to those lost in the brutality, Kigali, Rwanda.

Damaged skulls of known victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide remain interred inside of of the Kigali Genocide Memorial as a testament to those lost in the brutality, Kigali, Rwanda.

Damaged skulls of known victims of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide remain interred inside of of the Kigali Genocide Memorial as a testament to those lost in the brutality, Kigali, Rwanda.

Mummy from pre-colonial times, at the Tihuanaku UNESCO World Heritage Site, La Paz, Bolivia, South America

Choeung Ek, Killing Fields, 8985 skulls of victims laid out in a mausoleum behind glass, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Southeast Asia

Anti nuclear power demonstration at the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant, the most powerful German nuclear power plant, Gundremmingen in Guenzburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Anti nuclear power demonstration at the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant, the most powerful German nuclear power plant, Gundremmingen in Guenzburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Skull and skeleton from the stone age, Cheddar Man Museum of Prehistory, Cheddar, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Anti nuclear power demonstration at the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant, the most powerful German nuclear power plant, Gundremmingen in Guenzburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Skulls and skeletons from the stone age, Cheddar Man Museum of Prehistory, Cheddar, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Anti nuclear power demonstration with balloons at the Gundremmingen nuclear power plant, the most powerful German nuclear power plant, Gundremmingen in Guenzburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe