Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Back from writing a dissertation about dead people to... write a video about dead people!

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Dedicated to Body 53 from the Great Death Pit, who's currently at the British Museum - if you visit her say hi from me!

Sources:
Undying Loyalty by Ellen Morris
https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D85H8ZSP
cambridge.org/core/elements/human-sacrifice/9826CCCA23EE7FA6031126672FF93609#figures-tab
researchgate.net/publication/231976646_PG_1237_Royal_Cemetery_of_Ur_Patterns_in_Death
researchgate.net/publication/286004704_Human_sacrifice_and_intentional_corpse_preservation_in_the_Royal_Cemetery_of_Ur

Images:
britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1929-1017-225
britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1928-1010-3
britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1928-1009-385
britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1928-1009-378
britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1928-1010-1-a
britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1929-1017-2
britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1929-1017-1
britishmuseum.org/collection/image/244318001
britishmuseum.org/collection/image/987945001
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/698625
flickr.com/photos/matthrkac/52379007650
flickr.com/photos/matthrkac/52377695247
flickr.com/photos/thedcms/52371195916
flickr.com/photos/martin55/52364826956
pixabay.com/photos/protest-protest-action-464616
flickr.com/photos/ukinusa/50997167063
metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544720
flickr.com/photos/69057297@N04/52347610889
flickr.com/photos/69057297@N04/52346289502