The Death Media That Changed my Life

Jane Godwin
5 min readMay 17, 2021

Since there has been human civilization, there has been post Mortem care. Some well known examples are the pharaohs and nobles of Egypt, who were purposefully mummified through a process of removing the internal organs and drying out the body. Or the “Viking” (viking referring to a profession, not a group of people like the other examples given) funeral pyres, often used to dispose of large armies post battle, similar to those depicted on game of thrones and other popular high fantasy or historical films; Some lesser known practices include the Maoris of New Zealand kept their loved ones at…

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Jane Godwin
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Based in Nashville TN. I write about being multiracial in America, current events, LGBT+ rights, women’s issues, literature, and pop culture.