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Delve into labyrinths of bone and stone, swim through sunken cemeteries, unearth the ancient sites of long-lost legends, and between your adventures, join in the heartfelt traditions of cultures around the world proudly reuniting the living and the lost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[168],"product_tag":[30384,27477,29332],"class_list":{"0":"post-109986","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-childrens-non-fiction","6":"product_tag-childrens-teenage-general-interest-other-religions","7":"product_tag-childrens-teenage-personal-social-issues-death-bereavement","8":"product_tag-interest-age-from-c-7-years","9":"pa_book_author-fern-sam","10":"pa_cover-hardback","11":"pa_dewey-393-edition23","12":"pa_imprint-templar-books","13":"pa_language-english","14":"pa_pages-9415","15":"pa_publisher-templar-books","16":"pa_readership-ages-5-12-code-b","18":"first","19":"onbackorder","20":"taxable","21":"shipping-taxable","22":"purchasable","23":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Where the Dead Live<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An illustrated guide to the most wondrous - and downright spooky - homes of the dead. 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