The boundaries that separate life and death are vague and dark. Edgar A. Poe. This book features 100 self-contained contributions, each illustrated with an image, shedding light on the darkness. It spans over 20,000 years of human history and offers the reader a diverse journey through the cultural, scientific, and historical concepts related to death and the afterlife. Clifford A. Pickover has published more than forty books, translated into dozens of languages, covering topics in science, mathematics, religion, art, and history. He earned his doctorate in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University, holds over one hundred patents in the USA, and is a co-editor of several scientific magazines. His work has attracted significant public attention.