February 2011
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Skull Tower
The Skull Tower (Serbian: Ћеле Кула, Ćele Kula, Turkish: Kelle Kulesi) is a monument to 19th century Serbian rebels. It is situated in Niš, on Constantinople road, on the old Constantinople road leading to Sofia. The tower was built with the skulls of the Serbs killed during the 1809 Battle of Čegar by the order of Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II.
On May 31, 1809 on Čegar Hill a few kilometers northeast...
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Suicide.
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January 2011
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“Lay dreaming in your silken coffin,
Dream of frozen rain, of hurricanes.
Lay...”
– Your silken, velvet coffin by jeevani
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The 5 Stages of Embalming
Pre-Embalming
At anytime, day or night, the funeral professional may be called upon to do his or her job. People have a tendency to die at the most inconvenient times, and a mortician cannot wait until later to retrieve a body. This means lots of getting up at 1 AM and having to work on holidays.
When someone dies and once authorization has been granted by the family, doctor, and/or by the...
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