The Gothic Tea Society www.gothicteasociety.com This 1,800 year old tombstone and epitaph tell a story.   An enigmatic message on a Roman ...

" The origins of memento mori photographs can be traced back nearly to the beginning of photography itself. During the nineteenth centu...

New Orleans is famous for its distinctive cemeteries, and New Orleanians are renowned for their celebration of these "Cities of the Dea...

The Triumph of Death is an oil on panel, approximately 117 by 162 centimeters (46 x 63.8 in), painted c. 1562 by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. I...

Dance of Death, also variously called Danse Macabre (French), Danza Macabra (Italian and Spanish), Dança da Morte (Portuguese), or Totentanz...

A plague doctor's duties were often limited to visiting victims to verify whether they had been afflicted or not. Surviving records of c...