“…a Gentle Calm and Happy Resurrection” – Theological and Folk-religious Backgrounds of Crypt Burials

For years there has been a lively discussion if there did exist a tradition of intentional mummification in Christian Europe, since hundreds of naturally mummified individuals of a social elite have been found preserved in family- and church crypts. But in most cases well ventilated crypt spaces are...

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Main Authors: Regina Ströbl, Andreas Ströbl
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Lodz University Press 2020-12-01
Series:Acta Universitatis Lodziensis: Folia Archaeologica
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Online Access:https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/archaeo/article/view/9488