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Astronomer H\u00e5kon Dahle near the European Southern Observatory located at La Silla, in the mountains on the edge of Chile\u2019s Atacama Desert \u00a0(ESO public domain photograph)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u201cI am the son of Earth and starry Heaven, but of Heaven is my birth.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

So the deceased is to identify himself or herself when seeking admission to the realm of the gods. \u00a0(Part of the text of a pre-Christian Totenpass<\/em> or \u201cpassport for the dead,\u201d taken from an ancient gold plate found in Greece.)<\/span><\/p>\n

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