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The Black Death
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/news/blog/the-black-death/The Bubonic Plague terrified Sydney in the early 20th century.
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How were ancient Egyptians mummified?
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/how-were-ancient-egyptians-mummified/The Egyptians had a long tradition of mummifying their wealthy dead.
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Death: the last taboo
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/Death is a process rather than an event. Learn more about the process and the many natural and human processes that occur after our death.
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Virtual autopsy
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/teachers/learning/virtual-autopsy/Follow a human autopsy process from start to finish including an external examination, opening the body, viewing internal organs, removing the organs and weighing them, removing the brain, replacing all organs and closing the body.
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Stages of decomposition
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/science/stages-of-decomposition/Decomposition of a corpse is a continual process that can take from weeks to years, depending on the environment.
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Decomposition: fly life cycle and development times
https://australianmuseum.net.au/learn/science/decomposition-fly-life-cycles/The presence of insects in a corpse is a critical clue towards estimating the time of death for bodies dead for longer periods of time.
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Disposing of the dead - Cremation
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/disposing-of-the-dead-cremation/Cremation is the disposal of a corpse by fire. It is an ancient and widespread practice, second only to burial. Some ancient cultures believed that fire was a purifying agent, and that cremation would light the way of the deceased to another world, or to prevent the return of the dead.
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Decomposition - Body Changes
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/decomposition-body-changes/Death begins when the heart stops beating. Deprived of oxygen, a cascade of cellular death commences.
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Who works at a morgue?
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/who-works-at-a-morgue/There are many people who work at an Institute of Forensic Medicine (morgue), from pathologists, to grief counsellors to administration personnel, but there are three main people who are involved in deciding whether an autopsy is carried out or in performing an autopsy.
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Signs of death
https://australianmuseum.net.au/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/signs-of-death/Among classical Greek and Roman societies the signs of death were the absence of a heartbeat and breathing, and the onset of putrefaction. In medieval times a candle was held to the mouth - a flicker of the candle was shown as a sign of life.
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