The Art of Dead

elephantsandgold:

The practice of embalming

Must add splendor to the tedium of death

The idea that something 

Still

Is worth preserving

Tickles the heart-string

And rewinds 

All our fatalistic inclinations.

To her, 

it is not a dead art

but a ritual of life,

not to be disturbed by modern

sensibility nor contemporary

death denial.

Mummification with Anubis

I don’t even care that this was more than likely made for kids. It was pretty awesome.

Embalming tools and fluids at the Lashibi Funeral Home, the first company to bring modern embalming technology to Ghana.

“And on the 8th day God created Embalming.”

Embalming Accessories - Champion Range