Each of the three major monotheistic world religions - Christianity, Judaism, and Islam - has its own burial rituals. What they all share is a special place for remembering the dead: the cemetery. This volume brings together a multitude of images from around the world, from Argentina to Israel, from Russia to Mexico, from Tunisia to Kamchatka, sensitively accompanied by poems, prayers, and thoughts from great philosophers of the past and present, from all cultural backgrounds on Earth. Each of the three chapters, one for each religion, begins with an introductory text that explains the specific customs related to death and burial. The atmospheric photographs reveal, in harmony with the poignant sayings, what makes cemeteries so important, beyond all religious differences: the comfort that these memorial places can provide.