funerary

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Examples

• Further south, in Guatemala, the hunt is on for a Maya civilization funerary mask depicting the sun god Kinich Ahaw fiercely sticking out his tongue.

• The position of the head and the way it had collapsed in the pit suggested a pillow of some kind may have been used, indicating the community may have undertaken some form of funerary rite.

• During the time of the pharaohs, such funerary vessels were used to store the organs of the deceased.

• Temples could also serve funerary and commemorative functions.

• The Daily Pic: Charlotte Dumas shows funerary horses at rest.

• He dug the well and the mummy chamber, he caused the sarcophagus to be carved and the funerary chapel to be built.

• This was the origin of that funerary mound which modern archæologists call a tumulus.

• As for the funerary chapel, there were obvious difficulties in the way of including it in the thickness of the monument itself.

• The chamber upon which the portico opens is the funerary chapel, the place of reunion for the friends and relations of the dead.

• The chamber for the funerary celebration is easily recognized by its decorations.