I fully apologize for the terrible pun in the title. I just can’t help myself sometimes.
As I alluded to in a previous post, this blog was created for an “Archeology of death and burial” course I am currently taking. It is an incredibly interesting topic, and I am really looking forward to learning more about other culture’s funerary practices, as well as examining my own culture’s with greater detail. We will be studying a vast array of topics, including theoretical frameworks to study burial remains, treatment of the dead, Anglo-Saxon cremations, Egyptian funerary practices, Neanderthal burial patterns, the ethics and politics regarding human remains, and much more.
I am especially looking forward to analyzing Egyptian burial practices. When I was younger, I went through a bit of an “Egypt phase,” and I’ve since then I have been interested in Egyptian culture. I saw an IMAX program on King Tut, and I quickly spiralled into a full-blown obsession (two weeks later I moved onto sharks). To me, ancient egyptian culture was exotic, mysterious and enthralling. My knowledge of their funerary practices is incredibly fragmentary -- it’ is mostly amalgamated from grade four research, the odd discovery program, and museum visits. Today I am particularly interested in learning about the reasoning behind the Ancient Egyptian’s funerary practices, and how they evolved throughout time.
Ancient Egyptian archeology finds have been in the news lately, check out these links if you’d like to do a bit of reading on the latest research!
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