Minivan driving on the Road of Bones, Suntar-Khayata Range, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Sunset over the Road of Bones, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Skull from a short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala Macrorhynchus), Urbina Beach, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ecuador, South America

Road of Bones in the Suntar-Khayata mountain Range, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

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

Snow covered mountain pass, Suntar-Khayata mountain Range, Road of Bones, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Traditional dwelling, Cherkekhskiy regional museum, Road of Bones, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Abandoned mining city Kadykchan, Road of Bones, Magadan Oblast, Russia, Eurasia

Road of Bones, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Artyk village, Road of Bones, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Former Gulag along the Road of Bones, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

View over the Road of Bones, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Fossils on display, Museum of Fossils from Meride, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Monte San Giorgio, Switzerland, Europe

Buffalo skulls and bones in the Museum of the UNESCO Site of Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump, Alberta, Canada, North America

Wooden church, Cherkekhskiy regional museum, Road of Bones, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Ice road on the frozen Lena river, Road of Bones, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Traditional dwelling, Cherkekhskiy regional museum, Road of Bones, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Snow covered mountains along the Road of Bones, Magadan Oblast, Russia, Eurasia

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

Former Gulag along the Road of Bones, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Building made out of cow dung, Uolba village, Road of Bones, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Wooden church, Cherkekhskiy regional museum, Road of Bones, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Polar bear bones, Gasbergkilen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Norway.

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

Road of Bones in the Suntar-Khayata mountain Range, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Wooden church, Cherkekhskiy regional museum, Road of Bones, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Chapel of Bones, Royal Church of St. Francis, Evora, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe

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

Sunset on the Road of Bones, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia, Eurasia

Chapel of Bones, Royal Church of St. Francis, Evora, Alentejo, Portugal, Europe

Artisans Market, San Miguel de Allende (San Miguel), Guanajuato State, Mexico, North America

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

Whalebone arch on Seafront, with Whitby abbey ruin in distance, Whitby, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Cracked earth and cattle skull in the Outback of South Australia, Australia, Pacific

Eskimo whale bone mask, Portland Museum, Portland, Oregon, United States of America, North America

Tuqilaks, statues carved from whale teeth, at Angmagssalik, Greenland, Polar Regions

Portrait of a man and wife with bone and cowry shell jewellery and decoration at a Sing-sing in Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islands, Pacific

Eskimos, sledge and whale bones at Yanrakino village (population 150), Chukchi Peninsula, Russian Far East, Russia, Asia

Human remains preserved over 500 years, Chauchilla cemetery, Nazca, Peru, South America

Nazca desert cemetery, Peru, South America

Encuento Nacional de Danza Mexica Cultural Show, Cholula, Puebla State, Mexico, North America

Zoroastrian Tower of Silence, near Yazd, Iran, Middle East

Cave of skulls and bones, Opdas Cave Mass Burial, 500-1000 years old, Kabayan Town, The Cordillera Mountains, Benguet Province, Luzon, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fijian girl in traditional costume with bone necklace during native ceremony at tribal gathering in Fiji, South Pacific

Children in traditional dress, Papua New Guinea

A cigarette between the lips matches the bone through his nose for this man at a Sing Sing tribal gathering in Papua New Guinea

Drought in Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta). A white Land Rover 4-wheel drive vehicle drives past a dried out carcass.

Tribesman musicians wearing war paints, feathered headdresses and necklaces made of bones and teeth playing drums and chanting during a gathering of tribes at Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea

Locals on bicycles ride past carcasses of the bones of dead animals in the drought areas of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

Bare-breasted tribeswoman and tribesmen wearing face paints, bone necklaces and feathered headdress during a gathering of tribes at Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea

Tribesman smoking a cigarette while wearing face paints and feathered headdress during a gathering of tribes at Mount Hagen in Papua New Guinea

Ccarcasses of the bones of dead animals in the drought areas of Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)

A hungry black mongrel dog scavenging among a pile of old bones at Nalu, Rajasthan, India.

Giant bison skeleton in the Museum of Natural History and Science, Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, North America

Fossilised bones including hind leg of Sauropod and Apatosaurus, Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah, United States of America, North America

The Paris catacombs, Paris, France, Europe

Bones, relic of whaling industry, Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

A camel skull at the royal cemetery of Nuri, burial place of King Taharqa, ancient ruler of the Kingdom of Kush, Karima, Sudan, Africa

Voodoo temple, Hadagon, Zou, Benin, West Africa, Africa

Chapel of Bones, Évora, Alentejo, Portugal

Engholm Husky Centre, Karajok, Finnmark, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Human remains preserved over 500 years at the Chauchilla cemetery at Nazca, Peru, South America

Whale bones in garden, City of Torshavn, Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark, Europe

Skull of Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

The Killing Fields, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Paris catacombs, Paris, France, Europe

The small town of Luxeuil-les-Bains is also an archaeological site, Franche Comte, France, Europe

A camel skull at the royal cemetery of Nuri, burial place of King Taharqa, ancient ruler of the Kingdom of Kush, Karima, Sudan, Africa

Old whale skeleton, Jougla Point near Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Mammoth skeleton from the Pleistocene Ice Age at the Nevada State Museum, Carson City, Nevada, United States of America, North America

Skeleton of hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

Old whale skeleton, Jougla Point near Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Skull and bones, Florence, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Inca cemetery near Nazca, Peru, South America

A camel skull at the royal cemetery of Nuri, burial place of King Taharqa, ancient ruler of the Kingdom of Kush, Karima, Sudan, Africa

Remains of an Iron Age woman, excavated in 1976 near Rudston, East Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Lecture on sharks, Natal Sharks Board, Durban, South Africa, Africa

Monument of deer bones at a park in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, United States of America, North America

The Ossuary in Sedlec, Kutna Hora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Czech Republic, Europe

Old whale skeleton, Jougla Point near Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

The Mammoth Site, Hot Springs, Black Hills, South Dakota, United States of America, North America

Wall tombs near Rantepao, Toraja area, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Dinosaur bones, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, UsaDinosaur bones in the enclosed quarry at these rich Morrison Formation fossil beds that have yielded many fine Jurassic specimens since 1909

Dinosaur bones, Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, UsaDinosaur bones in the enclosed quarry at these rich Morrison Formation fossil beds that have yielded many fine Jurassic specimens since 1909

Fossil bones, Dinosaur National Monument, Quarry Site, Utah, United States of America, North America

Algeria, Sahara, Tassili M'ajjer, 600 Km East Of Djanet Oasis, Tuareg Driver Looking At Camels Bones

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

Aleta Thamae, a traditional sangoma posing in her consultation room in her house in the township of Refilwe near Cullinan in South Africa.

Aleta Thamae, a traditional sangoma, throwing various objects she will use to give a reading in her consultation room in her home in the township of Refilwe near Cullinan in South Africa.

The Christian, Christ Church Cathedral in Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands, the most southerly cathedral in the world, with a whale bone arch from Blue whale lower jaw bones.

The Christian, Christ Church Cathedral in Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands, the most southerly cathedral in the world, with a whale bone arch from Blue whale lower jaw bones.

A householder in Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands who has created a whale museum, with an anti whaling slant.

11th generation practicing amchi tsampha ngawang shows dragon bone used treating broken bones sticks to tongue. He treats patients throughout kali gandaki region is very active with training other amchis from over tibet, nepal mongolia

Wadi al Hitan, Faiyum, Egypt. February 20, 2022. Fossil whale skull in the museum at Wadi el-Hitan paleontological site.

Europe, Portugal, Evora. April 20, 2022. The Chapel of Bones in Evora.

Wadi al Hitan, Faiyum, Egypt. February 20, 2022. Fossil whale skull in the museum at Wadi el-Hitan paleontological site.

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