Kathryn Berry
@kathrynberry.bsky.social
Motorbike riding, Pinzgauer owning, greyhound collecting academic with an interest in all things Death, Religion and Culture - particularly Victorian rural death.
PhD candidate by night, English teacher by day, researcher by choice.
PhD candidate by night, English teacher by day, researcher by choice.
Tinkinswood Burial Chamber... some 6000 years old.
August 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Tinkinswood Burial Chamber... some 6000 years old.
Funeral procession for the first three fallen riflemen, Riga, 1915.
They knew there would be more. Courtesy of the Latvian War Museum, Riga, Latvia
#latvia #deathscholar #war #1915 #ww1 #refugees #funeral #procession #invasion
They knew there would be more. Courtesy of the Latvian War Museum, Riga, Latvia
#latvia #deathscholar #war #1915 #ww1 #refugees #funeral #procession #invasion
February 20, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Funeral procession for the first three fallen riflemen, Riga, 1915.
They knew there would be more. Courtesy of the Latvian War Museum, Riga, Latvia
#latvia #deathscholar #war #1915 #ww1 #refugees #funeral #procession #invasion
They knew there would be more. Courtesy of the Latvian War Museum, Riga, Latvia
#latvia #deathscholar #war #1915 #ww1 #refugees #funeral #procession #invasion
What do you do to a parish cemetery when your government decides to shove a massive wall up through the middle of it? The Berlin Wall even separated the dead.
The Sophien Cemetery memorial.
#Cemetery #Berlin #Wall #freedom #deathscholar
The Sophien Cemetery memorial.
#Cemetery #Berlin #Wall #freedom #deathscholar
July 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
What do you do to a parish cemetery when your government decides to shove a massive wall up through the middle of it? The Berlin Wall even separated the dead.
The Sophien Cemetery memorial.
#Cemetery #Berlin #Wall #freedom #deathscholar
The Sophien Cemetery memorial.
#Cemetery #Berlin #Wall #freedom #deathscholar
What do you do to a parish cemetery when your government decides to shove a massive wall up through the middle of it? The Berlin Wall even separated the dead.
#berlinwall #Berlin #cemetery #remember
#berlinwall #Berlin #cemetery #remember
July 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
What do you do to a parish cemetery when your government decides to shove a massive wall up through the middle of it? The Berlin Wall even separated the dead.
#berlinwall #Berlin #cemetery #remember
#berlinwall #Berlin #cemetery #remember
A decapitated skull, had to be done twice
Display of human skull in Ribe Viking Museum
#ribe #deathscholar #travels #death #decapitation #Museum #denmark
Display of human skull in Ribe Viking Museum
#ribe #deathscholar #travels #death #decapitation #Museum #denmark
July 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A decapitated skull, had to be done twice
Display of human skull in Ribe Viking Museum
#ribe #deathscholar #travels #death #decapitation #Museum #denmark
Display of human skull in Ribe Viking Museum
#ribe #deathscholar #travels #death #decapitation #Museum #denmark
July 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
West Kennet Long Barrow. Over 5500 years ago! #longbarrow #deathscholar #burials #neolithic #bones #death #ritual #History
June 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
West Kennet Long Barrow. Over 5500 years ago! #longbarrow #deathscholar #burials #neolithic #bones #death #ritual #History
June 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Roadside shrine memorials in Crete are simply beautiful. I've just seen this lovely one in Sitia. #memorials #deathscholar #Roadside #death #sitia
April 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Roadside shrine memorials in Crete are simply beautiful. I've just seen this lovely one in Sitia. #memorials #deathscholar #Roadside #death #sitia
The German War Cemetery today, in the sunshine, in the peace... reflects the honour given to all dead in war. #nomorewar #Cemetery #deathscholar #Wargrave
March 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The German War Cemetery today, in the sunshine, in the peace... reflects the honour given to all dead in war. #nomorewar #Cemetery #deathscholar #Wargrave
Death warrant of King Charles the First,here in Stafford at The Ancient High House Museum.
#deathscholar #history #civilwar #royalists #deathwarrant
#deathscholar #history #civilwar #royalists #deathwarrant
March 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Death warrant of King Charles the First,here in Stafford at The Ancient High House Museum.
#deathscholar #history #civilwar #royalists #deathwarrant
#deathscholar #history #civilwar #royalists #deathwarrant
Caerphilly Castle and its many swimming birds.
February 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Caerphilly Castle and its many swimming birds.
St Mary's Mission and Cemetery, Cheltenham. An old garden cemetery/burial ground.
Now in the centre of the *checks notes* Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens and Winston Churchill Play Area. Ahem.
If there are graves in the playground we didn't see them. The Mission itself is a martial arts centre.
Now in the centre of the *checks notes* Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens and Winston Churchill Play Area. Ahem.
If there are graves in the playground we didn't see them. The Mission itself is a martial arts centre.
January 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
St Mary's Mission and Cemetery, Cheltenham. An old garden cemetery/burial ground.
Now in the centre of the *checks notes* Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens and Winston Churchill Play Area. Ahem.
If there are graves in the playground we didn't see them. The Mission itself is a martial arts centre.
Now in the centre of the *checks notes* Winston Churchill Memorial Gardens and Winston Churchill Play Area. Ahem.
If there are graves in the playground we didn't see them. The Mission itself is a martial arts centre.
Death & Leisure exhibition in Cheltenham...
January 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Death & Leisure exhibition in Cheltenham...
December 31, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Pirita Abbey, Tallinn, Estonia 1407-1607.
Beautiful ruins, well preserved and glistening in winter dampness.
#deathscholar #Abbey #Estonia #pirita
Beautiful ruins, well preserved and glistening in winter dampness.
#deathscholar #Abbey #Estonia #pirita
December 23, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Pirita Abbey, Tallinn, Estonia 1407-1607.
Beautiful ruins, well preserved and glistening in winter dampness.
#deathscholar #Abbey #Estonia #pirita
Beautiful ruins, well preserved and glistening in winter dampness.
#deathscholar #Abbey #Estonia #pirita
Skull from the Pada burial ground in Virumas County 11th-12th c.
Displayed in Estonia in the Guild Museum.
#Estonia #deathscholar
Displayed in Estonia in the Guild Museum.
#Estonia #deathscholar
December 22, 2024 at 1:22 PM
Skull from the Pada burial ground in Virumas County 11th-12th c.
Displayed in Estonia in the Guild Museum.
#Estonia #deathscholar
Displayed in Estonia in the Guild Museum.
#Estonia #deathscholar
Though they sinking through the sea they shall rise again...
Exhibition in the Estonian Seaplane Harbour Maritime Museum showing memorials for those lost and rescued due to the sinking of The Estonia in 1994.
#memorialisation #Estonia #deathstudies #deathscholar #maritimemuseum
Exhibition in the Estonian Seaplane Harbour Maritime Museum showing memorials for those lost and rescued due to the sinking of The Estonia in 1994.
#memorialisation #Estonia #deathstudies #deathscholar #maritimemuseum
December 21, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Though they sinking through the sea they shall rise again...
Exhibition in the Estonian Seaplane Harbour Maritime Museum showing memorials for those lost and rescued due to the sinking of The Estonia in 1994.
#memorialisation #Estonia #deathstudies #deathscholar #maritimemuseum
Exhibition in the Estonian Seaplane Harbour Maritime Museum showing memorials for those lost and rescued due to the sinking of The Estonia in 1994.
#memorialisation #Estonia #deathstudies #deathscholar #maritimemuseum
Greyhound...
The one who pushed me off my own sofa and then looked down her nose at me.
The one who pushed me off my own sofa and then looked down her nose at me.
November 25, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Greyhound...
The one who pushed me off my own sofa and then looked down her nose at me.
The one who pushed me off my own sofa and then looked down her nose at me.
Reposted by Kathryn Berry
The cadaverous forms of the three dead from the De Lisle Psalter. Two are still dressed in their shrouds and worms can be seen making an appearance. Reminders of fragility of earthly things. 14th cent. @britishlibrary.bsky.social Arundel MS 83 #medieval #mementomori
November 16, 2024 at 1:20 PM
The cadaverous forms of the three dead from the De Lisle Psalter. Two are still dressed in their shrouds and worms can be seen making an appearance. Reminders of fragility of earthly things. 14th cent. @britishlibrary.bsky.social Arundel MS 83 #medieval #mementomori
Which #Mappamundi character are you?
I quite liked mildly irritated chonky quadraped creature.
I quite liked mildly irritated chonky quadraped creature.
November 16, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Which #Mappamundi character are you?
I quite liked mildly irritated chonky quadraped creature.
I quite liked mildly irritated chonky quadraped creature.
Some reliquary action at beautiful Hereford Cathedral today.
Chained library, Mappa Mundi and teeny tiny Becket reliquary.
Chained library, Mappa Mundi and teeny tiny Becket reliquary.
November 16, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Some reliquary action at beautiful Hereford Cathedral today.
Chained library, Mappa Mundi and teeny tiny Becket reliquary.
Chained library, Mappa Mundi and teeny tiny Becket reliquary.