Cremation Collection

Goddess Kali
The Goddess Kali, the malevolent aspect of Shivas wife Parvati. she wears a necklace of 50 human skulls & frequents cremation grounds

India - Benares preparing bodies for cremation early 1900s

1880's - dead body for cremation, burning ghat, Benares (Varanas)
1880's - dead body for cremation, burning ghat, Benares (Varanasi) India

19th Century Albert Keller Capitalism Capitalist
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Cremating bodies at the waterside, India. Date: circa 1890s

Wood for cremations, Benares (Varanasi), India
Wood piled up in preparation for cremations at Benares (Varanasi), Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1890s

Hindu Burning Ghat - Nimtala, Kolkata
The Hindu Burning Ghat (site of cremations) - Nimtala, Kolkata Date: circa 1910s

Cremation on the bnaks of the Ganges - Benares
Benares, India - Cremation area on banks of the Ganges. Bodies wrapped in cloth await the ceremonial burning at the waters edge. circa 1920s

KAFFIR CREMATION
Cremation ceremony of the Hottentots and Kaffirs, southern Africa. Date: 1836

ROMANY FUNERAL PYRE
A Romany gipsy funeral pyre, where the caravan of the deceased gipsy elder is burned. Here, accompanied by a policeman, relatives are paying their last respects. Date: 1930s

LONDON CREMATORIUM
Golder's Green Crematorium, north London, England. Date: 1985

ANCIENT GERMAN CREMATION
A warrior of ancient Germany is cremated, along with his horse Date: Middle Ages

CREMATION, ANCIENT GREEK
Among many ancient and primitive peoples, cremation has been the favoured method of disposing of the dead : this scene from the Trojan Wars shows Patroclus end Date: BC

IRON AGE FUNERAL
An iron age funeral - by cremation Date: BC

Crematorium Dresden Death Funerals Cremation
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CREMATORIUM, DRESDEN 2
Siemens brothers crematorium at Dresden : 2 - the body lowered into the furnace Date: 1874

Cremation Calcutta Death Regional India 1859
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JAPANESE CREMATION
A corpse is cremated while family and friends look on Date: circa 1860

CREMATION, SRI LANKA
The manner in which the natives of Sri Lanka burn their dead Date: 1750

People around a cremation funeral pyre, India
Vintage 19th century photograph: group of people around a cremation funeral pyre, India

Cremation of a Burmese Buddhist monk, pongyi
Vintage 19th century photograph: cremation of a Burmese Buddhist monk or pongyi on an elaborate funeral pyre, fire. See our other images of different stages of the process

Corpse on funeral pyre, cremation, Calcutta, India, c1870 s

View along the ghats, Benares (Varanasi), India, c. 1880 s
View along the ghats, Benares (Varanasi), India, c.1880s The ghats or steps along the Ganges allow devout Hindus to reach the holy water of the river

India - women preparing a corpse for cremation, Calcutta
Vintage 19th century photograph, India - women preparing a corpse for cremation, Burning Ghat, Calcutta

c. 1880s India - burning ghat Ganges at Benares Varanasi
c.1880s India - burning ghat for cremation dead bodies on the Ganges at Benares Varanasi

Roman funeral rites for the dead. The parents and family of the deceased surround the bed, the father and mother seated and veiled in grief. Lutto domestico per una defunta

Benares, India, burning Ghat, cremation by the Ganges
Benares, India burning Ghat, cremation by the River Ganges. circa 1910

Burning the dead
Cremation - Funeral rites and ceremonies. From book: The history of New South Wales Date: 1802

DEATH / FUNERALS / CREMATION
Viriathus, Lusitanian chieftain (Spain) in war against Romans, after being treacherously murdered, is cremated with great honour by his people Date: 140 BC

Henry Thompson
SIR HENRY THOMPSON English surgeon, writer, and pioneer of cremation Date: 1820 - 1904

Funeral ceremony of a top Lama in Tibetan Buddhism.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Sri Lankan Hearse - on way to a cremation. Date: circa 1910s

Bangkok Cremation ground - Thailand - Royal Palace Cremation grounds by Wat Phra with palace and Wat roofs in background. Date: 1952

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