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Page 536
... sometimes even to the provision of toilet facilities . Among many peoples , the belief that the dead actually dwelt in their tombs has caused the tombs of certain holy persons to be- come shrines , which thousands visit to seek for ...
... sometimes even to the provision of toilet facilities . Among many peoples , the belief that the dead actually dwelt in their tombs has caused the tombs of certain holy persons to be- come shrines , which thousands visit to seek for ...
Page 538
... sometimes the word farewell is added . Etruscan mortuary art is characterized by the effigy of the deceased , sometimes with his wife , represented as reclining on the cover of the funerary casket . These images are obviously careful ...
... sometimes the word farewell is added . Etruscan mortuary art is characterized by the effigy of the deceased , sometimes with his wife , represented as reclining on the cover of the funerary casket . These images are obviously careful ...
Page 824
... sometimes abundant . Family Phoridae ( coffin flies ) . Tiny flies sometimes numer- ous indoors ; larvae live in any organic debris rich in protein or nitrogenous decay products and scavenge in nests of wasps , bees , ants , termites ...
... sometimes abundant . Family Phoridae ( coffin flies ) . Tiny flies sometimes numer- ous indoors ; larvae live in any organic debris rich in protein or nitrogenous decay products and scavenge in nests of wasps , bees , ants , termites ...
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