Funerary rites of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East and of the Viking world: the Roman funus, the Greek prothesis and ekphora of the laying out and carrying out, the Norse ship burial and the Mesopotamian kispu offering of food and water to the dead. A ritual belongs here when its cited article describes a funeral rite of one of these ancient peoples. It excludes the Egyptian rites, which have their own existing group.
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Kispu (Wikipedia)
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Kispu or kispum was an ancient Mesopotamian ritual in which the ancestors were venerated, nourished and cared.
Ship burial (Wikipedia)
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A ship burial or boat grave is a burial in which a ship or boat is used either as the tomb for the dead and the grave goods, or as a part of the grave goods itself.
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