Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Jones / CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) Famous epitaphs offer a ...

A much overlooked canvas for short writing is the human body. Think of the scene in the bar when a young woman writes her phone number on the back of a suitor’s hand. Think of the reporter who ...

Each word carries a story, but not all words are imbued with emotional or cultural significance. One such word is “epitaph.” The word epitaph is greater than a mere word; it is a tribute, a memory, ...

Three short eastern Han funerary biographies : epitaphs for Ma Jiang (34-106), Wu Zhongshan (circa 92-172), and Kong Dan (flourished 182) / translated by Ping Yao and Patricia Ebrey -- A Chinese ...

An epitaph is a single sentence or phrase usually placed on a tombstone. This short comment is supposed to summarize an individual's life or accomplishments in a single phrase. Epitaphs were very ...