Les Rites de l'au-delà. Afrique du Nord New revised and corrected edition

New revised and corrected edition

was a place of worship and meeting for Coptic monks around the second half of the 5th century

Ascension: A Privileged Event for Monks

and sometimes their strangeness

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Les Rites de l'au-delà. Afrique du Nord New revised and corrected editionHumanity is defined by its relationship with death. Funeral rites are the trace of this essential relationship with the afterlife, which gives meaning to existence. Jean Pierre Mohen introduces us to them, in their richness, their variety, and sometimes their strangeness. From the Paleolithic to the beginnings of the Neolithic, via Egypt, Greece, ancient Rome, and even ancient China, to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; from Jericho to Easter