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I'm a PhD student researching the role of the archaeological dead in contemporary British society. Think of this as a scrapbook of all the interesting links, snippets of information and random bits and bobs I come across pertaining to death, dying and the dead. Enjoy?!

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    A grave undertaking… Victoria Station cemetery is departing from Platform 1 Hundreds of poor families are believed to be buried under the rail platforms and buildings, many having fallen victim to Victorian cholera epidemics. Human remains lying in a mass paupers’ grave under Manchester Victoria station are to be dug up and re-buried five miles away. Hundreds of poor families are believed to be buried under the rail platforms and buildings, many having fallen victim to Victorian cholera epidemics. Station bosses say that any remains found at the 150-year-old site – formerly Walker’s Croft burial ground – will be exhumed, placed in coffins and taken to Southern Cemetery in Chorlton… (Source: Manchester Evening News)

    A grave undertaking… Victoria Station cemetery is departing from Platform 1

    Hundreds of poor families are believed to be buried under the rail platforms and buildings, many having fallen victim to Victorian cholera epidemics.

    Human remains lying in a mass paupers’ grave under Manchester Victoria station are to be dug up and re-buried five miles away.

    Hundreds of poor families are believed to be buried under the rail platforms and buildings, many having fallen victim to Victorian cholera epidemics.

    Station bosses say that any remains found at the 150-year-old site – formerly Walker’s Croft burial ground – will be exhumed, placed in coffins and taken to Southern Cemetery in Chorlton…

    (Source: Manchester Evening News)

    Canapé, 2011 - These chairs are stuffed with human fat... Palaces, 2009 - 2015 - This piece is made from resin and milk teeth! Children can donate their pearly whites to the exhibition and they will be incorporated into this amazing sculpture. Diagram of a Summer House, 2012 - Dental casts! Trophies of Empire III Moon, 2012 Femoral casts!

    A few snaps I took at The Wasted Works at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester. This was an exhibition by Gina Czarnecki that explored the life-giving potential of ‘discarded’ body parts, as well as their relationship to myths, history, stem cell research and notions of what constitutes informed consent. It’s off to Coventry next and is definitely worth a peep if you’re in the vicinity!

    You can see a few more photographs on my Flickr.

    (Source: xmorbidcuriosityx)

    Faces of Egyptian mummies on show in Manchester The faces of ancient Egyptians have gone on show in Manchester. The portraits painted on to panels that covered the heads of mummies form part of an exhibition at the city’s John Rylands Library. The panels, which have rarely been shown in public, were bequeathed to Manchester Museum by cotton magnate Jesse Haworth in 1921. The museum’s Egyptology curator Campbell Price said they depicted people who looked “strikingly modern”. The paintings, known as Fayum portraits after the region near Cairo where they were found, were discovered on archaeological digs in 1888 and 1911 by William Flinders Petrie. They date back to about AD 150, when Egypt was part of the Roman Empire. I can remember going to see these when I was a student in Manchester and they are absolutely beautiful. Definitely worth a look! 

    Faces of Egyptian mummies on show in Manchester

    The faces of ancient Egyptians have gone on show in Manchester.

    The portraits painted on to panels that covered the heads of mummies form part of an exhibition at the city’s John Rylands Library.

    The panels, which have rarely been shown in public, were bequeathed to Manchester Museum by cotton magnate Jesse Haworth in 1921.

    The museum’s Egyptology curator Campbell Price said they depicted people who looked “strikingly modern”.

    The paintings, known as Fayum portraits after the region near Cairo where they were found, were discovered on archaeological digs in 1888 and 1911 by William Flinders Petrie.

    They date back to about AD 150, when Egypt was part of the Roman Empire.

    I can remember going to see these when I was a student in Manchester and they are absolutely beautiful. Definitely worth a look! 

    Iron Age murder mystery as CT scan shows British man from 100AD was beaten, strangled, then beheaded in 'pagan ritual'

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    Archaeologists have solved a 1900-year-old ‘cold case’ mystery - using a medical CT scanner to scan the head of an Iron Age murder victim.

    The preserved head of the second century Briton - known as The Worsley Man due to his location near Salford - was found in a peat bog in 1958.

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    Diary reveals the horror of the Witchfinder General trials A 350-year-old notebook which describes the execution of innocent women for consorting with the Devil, has been published online by The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library. Puritan writer Nehemiah Wallington wrote passages on his attitudes to life, religion, the civil war as well as the witchcraft trials of the period.

    Diary reveals the horror of the Witchfinder General trials

    A 350-year-old notebook which describes the execution of innocent women for consorting with the Devil, has been published online by The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library. Puritan writer Nehemiah Wallington wrote passages on his attitudes to life, religion, the civil war as well as the witchcraft trials of the period.