Death and the Afterlife: A Chronological Journey from Cremation to Quantum Resurrection

Introduction c. 20,000 BCE: Cremation c. 11,000 BCE: Natufian Funeral Flowers c. 5050 BCE: Mummies c. 4000 BCE: Burial Mounds c. 4000 BCE: Coffins c. 2400 BCE: Heaven c. 2000 BCE: The Epic of Gilgamesh c. 1772 BCE: Capital Punishment c. 1600 BCE: Gravestones c. 1550 BCE: The Egyptian Book of the Dead c. 1100 BCE: Yama c. 1007 BCE: The Witch of Endor c. 1000 BCE: Ossuaries c. 850 BCE: Hades c. 850 BCE: The Elysian Fields c. 850 BCE: Necromancy c. 700 BCE: Thanatos c. 600 BCE: Reincarnation c. 560 BCE: Cerberus c. 480 BCE: Epitaphs c. 400 BCE: Hell c. 300 BCE: Suicide c. 210 BCE: Terra-Cotta Army c. 100 BCE: Xibalba c. 30 CE: Resurrection c. 70 CE: Abortion c. 70 CE: Four Horseman of the Apocalypse c. 80 CE: Outer Darkness c. 100 CE: Ghosts c. 135: Martyr c. 380: Angels c. 780: The Tibetan Book of the Dead 834: Viking Ship Burials c. 1220: Bifrost 1321: Dante's The Divine Comedy 1328: Sky Burial 1347: Black Death c. 1350: Banshee 1424: Grim Reaper c. 1490: Death and the Miser 1519: Day of the Dead 1580: Golem c. 1590: Funeral Processions 1619: Plague Doctor Costume 1622: Children and Capacocha 1651: Gravediggers 1731: Obituaries 1761: Autopsy 1770: Death Certificate 1792: Guillotine 1796: Extinction c. 1805: Jacob's Dream 1818: Frankenstein 1819: Vampires 1825: Sin-Eaters 1831: Cemeteries 1832: Resurrectionists 1844: Premature Burial 1845: "The Raven" 1845: Summer Land 1846: Death's-Head Hawk Moth 1848: Séance 1852: Ophelia 1867: Embalming 1872: Euthanasia 1880: Walking Corpse Syndrome 1886: The Death of Ivan Ilyich c. 1888: Death Mask c. 1890: Crucifixion Vision of Tissot 1890: Electric Chair 1895: Schwabe's The Death of the Gravedigger 1896: The Garden of Death 1902: "The Monkey's Paw" 1903: The Wounded Angel 1907: Searchers for the Soul 1922: Last Words of the Dying 1922: Lovecraft's Reanimator 1944: Genocide 1944: Kamikaze Pilots 1951: The Grass Harp 1956: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 1956: Electric Voice Phenomena 1956: Golding's Liminal World 1957: Transhumanism 1962: Cryonics 1962: Ondine's Curse 1967: Afterlife in a Simulation 1967: Hospice 1968: Brain Death 1968: Zombies 1969: On Death and Dying 1975: Near-Death Experiences 1976: Do Not Resuscitate 1980: Death Squads 1987: Quantum Immortality 1996: Thanatourism 2002: Programmed Cell Death >100 Trillion: Death of Universe >100 Trillion: Quantum Resurrection Notes and References Index Image Credits