Fascinating Death Rituals From Throughout History

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  • @seekertosecrets
    @seekertosecrets ปีที่แล้ว +20

    3:35 According to the myth, if one's heart is lighter than the feather, through good deeds and living a just life for examples, you can move on into the afterlife worry free into paradise. However, if your heart is heavier than the feather, Ammut, a crocodile like creature, will eat it and your soul and you will cease to exist spiritually.

  • @NASCARFAN93100
    @NASCARFAN93100 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Please Give us an update on Season 4 of the Timeline Series

    • @TheBestDog
      @TheBestDog ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I second the request for a progress report on Season 04

    • @kachow2461
      @kachow2461 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah

    • @Sandman2007
      @Sandman2007 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@TheBestDogI as well.

    • @Thunder6465
      @Thunder6465 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Third request

    • @rustywerbermanjensen4582
      @rustywerbermanjensen4582 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Shout out to you nascarfan a real pillar of this community.

  • @triadmad
    @triadmad ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I'm all in for the sky burial. I've told my family that when I croak, just toss me in a ditch or in the woods somewhere, and leave me for the buzzards. I do not want to be pickled and sealed in a box.

    • @ThatsShowbizBabyy
      @ThatsShowbizBabyy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Me too. Becoming part of nature again sounds much nicer than that

  • @Scraggledust
    @Scraggledust ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Absolutely! Natural burial away from plumbing, sky burial, or being burnt on a floating ship - all sound better to my mortal mind - then rotting away in a claustrophobic box in the ground. I don’t want to add to the city’s corpse water either.

  • @darkangel7589
    @darkangel7589 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This came out just in time. I put my great grandmother to rest today. ❤

    • @lynemac2539
      @lynemac2539 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wonderful that you had her in your life.

  • @markmcdonald6039
    @markmcdonald6039 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    @Weird History you should do an episode on unique footwear from around the world, or unique record keeping of humans from ancient rock paintings to PDF’s

  • @malcolmr3
    @malcolmr3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Can you do one on rights of passage for manhood?

  • @pastrana21
    @pastrana21 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i love your channel. great job guys :)

  • @Shervin86
    @Shervin86 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    2:40 sky burials are an ancient Zoroastrian tradition. There is a lot more to it than what you mentioned here though.

  • @babshm
    @babshm ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love this guy! Who else could make me laugh during this episode😊

  • @whiteowl4097
    @whiteowl4097 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When I die I want to be sent to Washington state where they do human composting to grow more trees. That way my body will help grow more trees and the trees will produce more oxygen that will benefit the entire planet. My way of giving back to mother earth.

  • @tremorsfan
    @tremorsfan ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm attracted to the idea of human composting. It takes up zero space and puts my body to good use.

  • @Blitzkrieg1976
    @Blitzkrieg1976 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I like the idea of the mushroom casket, basically a biodegradable box that provides nutrition back to the earth. Put me under a majestic tree, and I'm good to go. The underground network of fungus just stuns me. Plus, I just adore mushrooms, I tried the psychedelic kind over 20 years ago, one time, and it was a wonderful experience. Never to be tried again😂 but hell, sautéed in butter, raw on a salad, marinated in a jar...that's my jam!❤🍄

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว +3

    3:40 Papa New Guinea is one of the top places I want to visit!
    The tribal lifestyle there is so intriguing!

  • @thomaskeith7979
    @thomaskeith7979 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank God it's this narrator

  • @jpbaley2016
    @jpbaley2016 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    3:08 I love that when discussing early Egyptian mummification, this video used a photo of a heart adjacent to a statue of the Great Old One Cthulhu, which of course has nothing to do with Egypt and everything to do with Lovecraftian horror fiction.
    Living in South Jersey, I would have no problems with my body being chopped up, tossed into the Pine Barrens, to be eaten by turkey vultures.

    • @CthulhuCuddler
      @CthulhuCuddler ปีที่แล้ว

      I have that same figurine and was caught off guard lol

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Man... even in death we gotta jump through social hoops.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    A+ video!
    LOVE IT! Such a unique and fascinating video!

  • @DongBags9319
    @DongBags9319 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That pile of clothes in my corner finally was faced and conquered today.

    • @jimboramba
      @jimboramba 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As soon as I conquer one battle another begins in the other corner of the room

  • @Leash_Canada
    @Leash_Canada ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No one else noticed the image of Otzi the Iceman being used during the ancient Egypt photos??? Just me? 😑😑

    • @mikememine1423
      @mikememine1423 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I noticed that too... glad I came back 6 hours later to see this comment... thanks!

  • @kluuuuh
    @kluuuuh ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude is back!

  • @MariaMartinez-researcher
    @MariaMartinez-researcher ปีที่แล้ว +6

    6:18. Interesting cemetery. The crosses marked Geexecuteerd Kendari mean "executed at Kendari" in Dutch. Kendari is a place in Indonesia (formerly the Netherlands East Indies) that was held by the Japanese during WWII. A bunch of Allied soldiers were beheaded there; the war criminals were later executed by the Dutch. If you care to google "Kendari" and read the article at The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia you might find plenty of material for a Weird History video.

  • @karenfromfinasse8430
    @karenfromfinasse8430 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So what happens if no one volunteered for the Viking thing?

  • @grmccullough99
    @grmccullough99 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh thank God he’s back

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:47 "Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of the dead, was believed to have been the first mummified being." (Birmingham University).
    "Osiris, known as the 5th zodiac sign, takes place March 1-10, November 27 - December 18." (Pyramid Island)

  • @leepfrog7405
    @leepfrog7405 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice ! shout'n out the Boingo 👍

  • @Katrina.Boots.Rainsong
    @Katrina.Boots.Rainsong ปีที่แล้ว

    I've got to say, of all the weird history videos I have watched this one has the best soundtrack!

  • @tillythehun
    @tillythehun ปีที่แล้ว

    What an interesting video!

  • @AI-hx3fx
    @AI-hx3fx ปีที่แล้ว

    Some towns here in the Philippines perform a similar “smoking” mummification ritual and wash the statue of the Dead Christ every Good Friday night. He is basically accorded a traditional funeral until we celebrate His glorious Resurrection at Easter/Pascha.

  • @auntvesuvi3872
    @auntvesuvi3872 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this! ⚰

  • @wesgunton238
    @wesgunton238 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's not death most fear but the fear of the unknown

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    1:15 Beautiful display, that would win a purple ribbon at the county fair!
    Reminds me of Olive Garden!

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    0:01 Reminds me of the music video "Stop Desire" by Teagan and Sara
    That is one beautiful and cool washing machine!

  • @TaniumRag
    @TaniumRag ปีที่แล้ว +18

    🥹 my country was mentioned! Can you do more Philippines. We have a really interesting history especially before colonialism that many people were able to preserve low key in other islands. And we have so many sub cultures. We still have the oldest traditional tribal tattooist in the world and at 104 yrs old, she's still tattooing. We were called the painted ones by the Spaniards before

    • @riderfkc2835
      @riderfkc2835 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      gusto nyang humakot ng maraming viewers pa 😂

  • @TaraMolohon-lb1zn
    @TaraMolohon-lb1zn ปีที่แล้ว

    That's a good video and I am glad we got to enjoy it. ❣️😁

  • @DomiCera
    @DomiCera ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video to watch while having a dinner. Thanks weird histroy. 🤢😆✌🏼
    Can you make a video about the most powerful matrimony alliances (alliances through marriage) and how it changed the history.

  • @ryan49805
    @ryan49805 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    “I would never wish deaf on nobody.” - Biggie Smalls

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    4:58 I am a big fan of the Oingo Boingo film The Forbidden Zone (1980), which is like an underground musical.
    It is probably the most unusual film most people have ever seen.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    9:46 I remember A Pup Named Scooby Doo episode where the villian was a live Totem Pole, it was called "Totem Spirit."

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    2:12 Reminds me of the classic Western "MacKenna's Gold" (1969).
    The theme song of the film is "Old Turkey Buzzard" by José Feliciano.

  • @stargazer3424
    @stargazer3424 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kinda morbidly funny seeing where TH-cam draws the line at showing a corpse

  • @WayneGray-m6e
    @WayneGray-m6e ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What about Circumcision and genital mutilation?

    • @btetschner
      @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I second that.

  • @akaisenpaitsubakihiganbana6706
    @akaisenpaitsubakihiganbana6706 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What about birth rituals?

    • @btetschner
      @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

      I second that one.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:04 The funeral director in my hometown is named Al Hitchcock (no joke).

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    0:46 I was a skeleton for a halloween costume in elementary school, we made the costume ourselves!.
    We put glow-in-the-dark cream on the bone pieces so it would look cool once it turned dark!
    Phoebe Bridgers (Boygenius) wears the skeleton costume for concerts and it's the unofficial outfit of the Bones Coffee girl.

  • @J.A.Smith2397
    @J.A.Smith2397 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @mueezadam8438
    @mueezadam8438 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    2:20 was not expecting that 😅

  • @RavenNo.5
    @RavenNo.5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice❤❤

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    3:06 That is such a fun game!
    I hope it gets into the Toy Hall of Fame.

  • @The_Badseed
    @The_Badseed ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I go I want my friends to roll me up and smoke me

  • @Friendship1nmillion
    @Friendship1nmillion ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'd like to hear about the cultural practices of Christmas ( gift ) Shopping 🛍 and how some ( like my Mum ) leaves it to the last minute with risk of being part of the Shopping Mall crush crowd ( of shoppers ) . Like for the question to be answered : Which country / countries are the most organised with their collective Christmas ( gift ) shopping & what can we borrow from their practices of the cultural preparations of December 25th . Also might be nice to include what family activities are practiced outside of the home for those who celebrate Christmas ( Or whatever other name it might be called in other places such as in Japan and the holy land ) . Here in Australia 🇦🇺 , after swapping gifts with each-other and unwrapping them ~ we might go to the beach ⛱️ 🏊 Or to Taronga Zoo Or ( if we're unfortunate ) have to pack up the car to escape our home that's under threat of a bushfire ( known as a wildfire in America/Canada ) . ♑️✍️🇳🇴

  • @gabrielagarciamayagoitia1599
    @gabrielagarciamayagoitia1599 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This one, for one like me, who enjoys the darker side of life, it was masterful, with a bit of humour tossed in for good measure. The viking one sounds good except I don't need the company. Thank you!

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    1:20 We canned tomatoes, we eat those all the time!
    We canned salsa, tomato soup, cocktail sauce, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, pizza sauce, etc.

  • @kayladawn
    @kayladawn ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the only voice for me

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    1:14 Those look like a type of pear, we can pears!
    There are a couple of pear trees nearby that we use for canning.
    I hope to can Bartlett pears some day.

  • @gabrielagarciamayagoitia1599
    @gabrielagarciamayagoitia1599 ปีที่แล้ว

    You've been dying to do this one.......very funny

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    0:04 There are a lot of funerals when watching the Spider-Man Five (the first five recent Spider-Man films).
    Four or the five films have funerals in them.

  • @michaelmcdonnell5998
    @michaelmcdonnell5998 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That dog inspection is known as a Lab report 😂

    • @Chill_Mode_JD
      @Chill_Mode_JD ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ha good one 😂😂😂

  • @jennifer-joey
    @jennifer-joey ปีที่แล้ว

    That last one was like oh myyyy...

  • @soysaucetilapia2893
    @soysaucetilapia2893 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    how about weird history of the weird history channel

  • @highnoon9333
    @highnoon9333 ปีที่แล้ว

    “Yeah, he’s dead” -the dog, presumably

  • @Backroad_Junkie
    @Backroad_Junkie ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So many references to dead bodies and eating was sorta disturbing, lol...

  • @NaNa-j7b2q
    @NaNa-j7b2q ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Theres not gonna be sky burial rituals much longer considering the proper vultures that are now critically endangered n not around as often to pick the bones clean!

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    Since I have seen the first thumbnail recommendation recently, I will watch:
    x A Day In The Life Of An Egyptian Embalmer (second thumbnail recommendation)
    x Pressing | History's Most Painful Death
    x True Story Behind 'Open Water'
    x The Story of the Deadliest Shark Attack in US History

  • @RabidJohn
    @RabidJohn ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw a documentary about 'sky burials' in the Himalayas.
    The guy whose job it was to cut the body up and feed it to the vultures got very drunk before he started.

  • @giraffesinc.2193
    @giraffesinc.2193 ปีที่แล้ว

    When are you doing a complete takeover of Weird History Food??? 😄 Hopefully that is our Christmas gift!

  • @libbylee9722
    @libbylee9722 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Antonio Bandreaz played a viking? I need to see that.

  • @chromicapop4595
    @chromicapop4595 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yano Mami really cool despite cannibalism 👍I studied cultural anthropology

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    0:36 That should be a halloween costume!

  • @pfkmsandiego
    @pfkmsandiego ปีที่แล้ว

    cray. thank you

  • @itsa-itsagames
    @itsa-itsagames ปีที่แล้ว

    Look into NDE's
    Near death experiences tend to have a very similar situation

  • @Auron12786
    @Auron12786 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve never understood why “professional mourners” were/are a thing

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    7:17 HAL!

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    Considering the topic of this video and Taylor Swift's speech for Time's Person Of The Year, I am going to watch the film Gladiator (2000) today.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:32 Taylor Swift's father is a stockbroker.

  • @KelleyGreenEcstasy
    @KelleyGreenEcstasy ปีที่แล้ว

    @1:17 that's an ominous stock photo

  • @kirbymarchbarcena
    @kirbymarchbarcena ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If I'm gonna die, I want to die remaining handsome before being cremated.

  • @bangdollarsign
    @bangdollarsign ปีที่แล้ว

    Tom Blank... The one, and only, narrator.

  • @lp-xl9ld
    @lp-xl9ld ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve it through not dying." --Woody Allen

    • @mikememine1423
      @mikememine1423 ปีที่แล้ว

      Trust me Soon Yi, I'm your daddy... Woody Allen

  • @videogamevalley7523
    @videogamevalley7523 ปีที่แล้ว

    ….some of those where different and unique…but the whole being eaten by birds thing….yea I can pass on that one

  • @babybro70
    @babybro70 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah....Further Proof that People are & have always been F...in' Weird!

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว +2

    In a reference to many other Weird History videos...after receiving Time's Person of the Year, Taylor Swift says:
    “Ultimately, we can convolute it all we want, or try to overcomplicate it, but there’s only one question.” Here, she adopts a booming voice. “Are you not entertained?” (TIME magazine)

  • @ronaldslater4703
    @ronaldslater4703 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Smoking your deceased like a rack of ribs is out there.

  • @TomFromYoutube
    @TomFromYoutube ปีที่แล้ว

    How about a video of the African ritual of necklacing?

  • @chuckyfire8439
    @chuckyfire8439 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow doesn't that make Halloween look?? Idk

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I want to be pickled.

    • @pinklady7184
      @pinklady7184 ปีที่แล้ว

      Salted and spiced as well, right? Sounds flavourful?

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal! - This one which also celebrates Taylor Swift as Time's Person Of The Year!
    Eating SPAGHETTIOS* (with basil, parmesan, and melted KRAFT SINGLES^ on top) and drinking WILD CHERRY CAPRI SUN/...while watching this Weird History video!
    * From the Weird History Food video "Fun Facts About Your Favorite 90s Foods"
    ^ From the Weird History Food video "How Mac And Cheese Became an All-American Dish"
    / From the Weird History Food video "Facts About ‘90s Lunch Box Items That Make Us Kinda Miss School"

  • @golgumbazguide...4113
    @golgumbazguide...4113 ปีที่แล้ว

    Explore Golgumbaz Deccan india

  • @laurachapple6795
    @laurachapple6795 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I want to be buried at sea so I can feed the giant isopods.

  • @TheHandleOnYoutube
    @TheHandleOnYoutube ปีที่แล้ว

    Can you do an episode of the most boring people. Maybe I'll get in the ep.

  • @okAphex
    @okAphex ปีที่แล้ว

    Hol' Up, let The Ibaloi cook.

  • @hannahg5216
    @hannahg5216 ปีที่แล้ว

    Um that Viking story… 😂

  • @Zachalackalackalack
    @Zachalackalackalack ปีที่แล้ว

    I mean people are literally doing drag shows for children I think a video game that says it's not 4 children on the box. It's not that big of a deal I do believe parents need to do a better job of monitoring their childrens activities That being said I can't wait for this game to come out

  • @DeborahThird-og1uo
    @DeborahThird-og1uo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Otzi wasnt Egyptian.

  • @aaronsaunders6974
    @aaronsaunders6974 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sky burial is a better term

  • @LisafromNOLA
    @LisafromNOLA ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg I’ve never been so early!! I know no one else cares but I’m pretty thrilled lol (w 65 likes and I’m the 5th comment)

  • @petraraznolikost408
    @petraraznolikost408 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sky burial!

  • @AmineKadiri-f4n
    @AmineKadiri-f4n 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Th!is Is Aout Death

  • @nastynate956
    @nastynate956 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nutty history here I come

  • @MikePires-hz6ck
    @MikePires-hz6ck ปีที่แล้ว

    Meh