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Term |! funeral |! comes |! from |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Latin |! word |! Funeralis Term |! funeral |! comes |! from |! latin |! word |! funeralis |! meaning |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Torch |! Light |! Procession Funerals |! were |! almost |! always |! at |! night |! and |! "torch |! light |! led |! the |! way" Why |! are |! funerals |! slow |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔so |! torchlight |! would |! not |! extinguish Western |! Culture |! is |! comprised |! of: |! (3) |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Greek |! Aesthetics |! and |! philosophy |! - |! what |! we |! read Roman |! Law |! - |! our |! system |! of |! government Judeo-Christian |! tradition |! - |! America |! founded |! by |! religious |! people
Most |! of |! the |! death |! customs |! in |! the |! US |! comes |! from |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔England Egyptian |! god |! of |! the |! underworld |! and |! judge |! of |! the |! dead |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Osiris Egyptians |! used |! embalming |! so |! that |! the |! soul |! could |! revisit |! the |! body |! after |! it |! completed |! the |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Circle |! of |! Necessity |! which |! took |! 3,000 |! years Egyptians |! believed |! they |! would |! arise |! from |! the |! dead |! after |! 3,000 |! years |! and |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔live |! with |! god |! thereafter Egyptians |! were |! often |! unable |! to |! bury |! their |! dead |! because |! of |! (2) |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔the |! overflow |! of |! the |! Nile |! river keep |! the |! products |! of |! putrefaction |! out |! of |! the |! soil |! and |! generating |! a |! plague Egyptians |! that |! could |! not |! afford |! to |! be |! embalmed |! utilized |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Dry |! Burial Dry |! Burial |! method |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔bodies |! buried |! in |! coarse |! cloth |! and |! laid |! upon |! a |! bed |! of |! charcoal |! under |! 6 |! - |! 8 |! ft |! of |! sand
type |! of |! salt |! that |! absorbed |! water |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Natron Third |! class |! of |! Egyptian |! embalming |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔For |! poorer |! class Body |! soaked |! in |! soda |! for |! 70 |! days Later |! they |! used |! pitch |! or |! bitumen hard |! black |! mummy |! most |! identifiable |! by |! public |! utilized |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔bitumen |! or |! pitch Canopic |! Jars |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔MESTA |! - |! Man |! headed |! jar HAPI |! - |! Dog |! headed |! jar TUAMTEF |! - |! Jackal |! headed |! jar QEBHSENNUF |! - |! Hawk |! Headed |! jar Man |! headed |! jar |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔MESTA dog |! headed |! jar |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔HAPI
Jackal |! headed |! jar |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔TUAMTEF Hawk |! headed |! jar |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔QEBHSENNUF Most |! of |! what |! we |! know |! of |! embalming |! from |! this |! ear |! comes |! from |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Herodotus Father |! of |! History |! from |! 484BC |! - |! 424BC |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Herodotus Egyptian |! and |! most |! early |! African |! culture |! used |! these |! to |! keep |! the |! body |! from |! touching |! the |! earth |! (4) |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Mats Skin Reeds Wooden |! and |! Earthenware |! baskets large |! ornamental |! coffin |! of |! stone |! or |! marble |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Sarcophagus man-resembling |! shaped |! commin |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Anthropoid
EUS |! anointed |! body |! with |! oils |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Pollinctors For |! Egyptians |! embalming |! was |! a |! ______ |! _____ |! but |! it |! was |! also |! a |! _______ |! _________ |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Religious |! ritual physical |! operation Egyptian |! city |! of |! the |! dead consisted |! of |! cemeteries |! and |! burial |! places |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Necropolis Egyptian |! places |! for |! preparation |! of |! the |! dead |! like |! our |! present |! day |! prep |! rooms |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Mortuary |! Temples Greeks |! felt |! that |! death |! was |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔the |! harshest |! part |! of |! life Early |! on, |! the |! greeks, |! felt |! the |! dead |! lived |! a |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔bodily |! existence |! under |! the |! earth Greeks |! eventually |! believed |! that |! the |! dead |! were |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔disembodied |! souls The |! greek |! ________ |! _____ |! theory |! accounted |! for |! the |! introduction |! of |! cremation |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔disembodied |! soul
Greek |! pile |! of |! wood |! used |! for |! cremation |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Pyre _____ |! are |! credited |! with |! being |! among |! the |! first |! to |! cremate |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Greeks WRT |! Greeks, |! body |! was |! prepared |! by |! the______ |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔family WRT |! Greeks, |! body |! was |! washed |! with |! _____ |! water |! by |! _____ |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔warm women WRT |! Greeks, |! body |! was |! laid |! out |! and |! dressed |! by______ |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔women WRT |! Greeks, |! dead |! were |! clothed |! in... |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔White WRT |! Greeks, |! body |! was |! viewed |! by |! friends |! and |! relatives |! for |! ___ |! day. |! Up |! to |! ___ |! days |! for |! important |! persons |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔ 1 7 Greek |! funeral |! processions |! began... |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔an |! hour |! before |! dawn
Clay WRT |! the |! Greeks, |! The |! body |! was |! brought |! to |! the |! grave |! by |! bier |! and |! if |! it |! was |! not |! cremated, |! it |! was |! placed |! into |! the |! ______ |! in |! the |! ______ |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Coffin Tomb Greek |! burial |! tomb |! style |! using |! Shaft |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Stelae Greek |! burial |! tomb |! style |! using |! columns |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Kiones Greek |! burial |! tomb |! style |! using |! "square |! cut |! tombs" |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Trapezae Greek |! temple |! like |! tomb |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Naidia WRT |! the |! greeks, |! first |! meal |! that |! broke |! the |! fast |! that |! the |! bereaved |! had |! beed |! keeping |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Funeral |! Feast When |! a |! womens |! husband |! died, |! she |! was |! expected |! to |! join |! him |! on |! the |! funeral |! pyre |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Suttee Roman |! Funeral |! (4) |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Person |! died |! in |! prescense |! of |! family
body |! washed |! with |! warm |! water, |! anointed |! with |! oil, |! laid |! out |! in |! white |! toga laid |! out |! on |! funeral |! couch, |! feet |! to |! the |! door |! for |! 3-7 |! days Flowers |! strewn |! about, |! incense |! burned, |! cypress |! or |! pine |! hung |! outside |! as |! a |! warning Romans |! felt |! the |! body |! only |! had |! to |! be |! preserved |! long |! enough |! to |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔lie |! instate Greek |! head |! undertaker |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Libitinarius Greek |! embalming |! was |! mostly... |! _______ |! embalming |! done |! for |! the |! rich |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Anointing |! with |! spices |! or |! oils Cavity Greek |! slave |! embalmers |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Pollinctores Greek |! director |! of |! funeral |! procession |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Designator |! or |! Master |! of |! Ceremony Greek |! that |! invited |! or |! summoned |! people |! to |! the |! funeral |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Praeco |! or |! Crier
their |! thinking |! changed |! to |! adopt |! the |! cult theory |! of |! joining |! a |! god |! in |! a |! wondrous |! existence |! in |! eternity. |! Or |! the |! opposite |! of |! being |! sent |! to |! a |! world |! of |! torment, gloom |! and |! unhappiness. |! (Remember |! Osiris, |! well |! it's |! the |! same |! idea.) |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Romans |! as |! influenced |! by |! the |! greeks |! and |! orient that |! the |! body |! and |! soul |! were |! composed |! of |! atoms which |! disintegrated |! at |! death |! and |! that |! the |! afterlife |! was |! no |! different |! than |! before-life. |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Romans |! as |! influenced |! by |! the |! Epicureans Emergence |! of |! Christianity |! in |! ancient |! Rome |! led |! to |! (2) |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Theological |! Orientation |! to |! death Christians |! developed |! customs |! after |! christ Romans |! began |! burying |! their |! dead |! because |! of |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Christianity For |! sanitary |! reasons, |! _______________ |! of |! the |! city |! of |! rome |! was |! prohibited |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Burial |! with |! the |! walls Great |! tombs |! with |! niches |! for |! cremated |! remains |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Columbaria
Procession |! of |! an |! ordinary |! Roman |! Citizen |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔The |! deceased |! was |! surrounded |! by |! family, |! carried |! to |! tomb |! on |! shoulders |! of |! sons |! or |! relatives |!. sometimes |! with |! musicians |! leading. usually |! at |! night |! (remember |! Funeralis |! - |! torch |! light |! procession). procession |! of |! wealthy |! roman |! (5) |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔could |! be |! ostentatious. musicians |! led |! the |! procession |!. singers. those |! of |! a |! higher |! status |! - |! procession |! was |! during |! the |! day. |! Torch |! bearers |! still |! took |! part. funeral |! oration |! (a |! eulogy) |! if |! the |! person |! was |! prestigious |! enough. Professional |! Mourners |! (4) |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔hired |! (paid) |! women |! who |! shrieked |! and |! beat |! their |! breasts Closer |! to |! the |! ceremony, |! the |! sorrow |! mounted Tore |! at |! their |! hair |! and |! ripped |! their |! garments
hygienically, |! this |! was |! necessary |! because |! the |! climate |! was |! very |! warm |! and |! putrefaction |! would |! be |! quick |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Burial |! taking |! place |! by |! evening |! of |! day |! of |! death Hebrew |! Mourning |! Customs |! (5) |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Stripped |! down |! to |! loincloth went |! barefoot |! with |! heads |! covered early |! Hebrews |! cut |! off |! some |! hair |! and |! shaved |! beards fasted |! the |! day |! of |! death Used |! paid |! mourners |! for |! procession |! to |! cemeterry Hebrew |! Place |! of |! Burial |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Early |! Hebrews |! believed |! burial |! should |! be |! on |! family |! lands |! or |! near |! family |! dwellings Believed |! family |! should |! be |! buried |! together |! so |! they |! would |! be |! together |! in |! afterlife Present |! day |! Hebrew |! Funerals |! (4) |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Very |! Quick |! - |! sometimes |! same |! day Shrouded |! - |! sometimes |! dressed |! in |! street |! clothes
Embalming |! is |! very |! rare |! - |! usually |! a |! ceremonial |! washing Jewish |! cemetery's |! are |! very |! large Christian |! Death |! Beliefs |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔have |! to |! give |! an |! account |! for |! life |! and |! punished |! or |! rewarded |! in |! the |! hereafter Theory |! of |! resurrection |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔On |! judgement |! day, |! the |! would |! be |! raised |! up |! with |! God Thought |! that |! a |! body |! would |! have |! to |! be |! buried |! in |! order |! to |! be |! raised |! up |! on |! the |! last |! day Thought |! cremation |! would |! not |! allow |! for |! resurrection Why |! did |! the |! early |! Christians |! believed |! that |! the |! human |! body |! should |! never |! be |! burned |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔It |! was |! the |! Temple |! of |! the |! Holy |! Spirit |! - |! it |! housed |! the |! soul |! so |! it |! should |! be |! respected Associated |! with |! pagans Early |! Canon |! laws |! said |! ____on |! the |! subject |! of |! burial |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔body |! should |! be |! laid |! out |! decently |! with |! lights |! beside |! it
body |! washed |! and |! wrapped |! in |! linen |! sheet |! with |! myrrh |! and |! aloes laid |! upon |! a |! couch body |! was |! wrapped |! and |! face |! was |! viewed Time |! required |! between |! death |! and |! burial |! for |! early |! christians |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Eight |! or |! more |! hours |! - |! in |! no |! hurry Since |! the |! early |! Christians |! patterned |! their |! funerals |! after |! Christ... |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Did |! not |! embalm Only |! washed |! and |! wrapped Describe |! early |! Christian |! Wakes |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔A |! vigil |! - |! people |! sat |! with |! body rooted |! in |! fear |! of |! being |! buried |! alive |! - |! premature |! burial prayed |! for |! repose |! or |! safe |! rest |! of |! deceased served |! to |! give |! comfort |! to |! bereaved |! family
This |! took |! place |! at |! home |! of |! early |! Christian |! deceased |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔Death |! took |! place |! at |! home preparation |! at |! home wake |! at |! home Procession |! was |! from |! ______ |! to |! _______ |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔home |! , |! place |! of |! burial Early |! Christian |! processions |! would |! be |! (6) |! - |! Correct |! answer |! ✔subdued |! and |! reverent no |! noisy |! exhibition |! of |! grief young |! men |! carried |! bier, |! but |! not |! for |! pay procession |! consisted |! of |! corpse, |! bearers |! and |! family during |! day |! to |! symbolize |! entering |! eternal |! light used |! torches, |! but |! to |! symbolize |! glory |! of |! new |! life