According to research by the British neurophysiologist Peter Fenwick, near-death experiences (NDEs) occur in approximately “10% of people who come close to death, or who survive actual clinical death.” Tens of thousands of accounts have been collected by researchers in the nearly fifty years since the study of NDEs became formalized. Reports are found in both technologically advanced civilizations and in small-scale societies, from ancient times to modern times, in all parts of the world, appearing variously in religious, literary, anthropological, scientific, and medical literature. Ready for the Afterlife: The Mummification Process in Ancient Egypt Do All Dogs Go To Heaven? Pet Cemeteries and Belief in an Animal Afterlife Defining the Core of the NDE While even the most skeptical
