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e most predictable event in our lives， one that is to be expected witl-
)solute certainty. Yet the nature of death is immersed in deep mys.
ry. Since time immemorial the fact of our mortality has stimulatec
1man fantasy and found incredibly varied expression in the realms ol
:ligion， art， mythology， philosophy， and folklore. Many extraordi.
~ry works of architecture throughout the world have been inspired b3，
e mystery of death: the monumental pyramids and sphinxes of Egypl
Id its magnificent tombs and necropolises; the mausoleum in Halicar-
Issus; * the pre-Columbian pyramids and temples of the Aztecs， OI-
ecs， and Mayans; and the famous tombs of the great Moghuls， such
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