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What are two egyptain coffins

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Anthropoid & Sarcophagus

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The Greeks felt that death

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was one of the harshest parts of

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Greek buried the dead in what color

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White

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A funeral feast is know as

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A repast

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How did the Hebrew mourn

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went barefoot and kept their heads covered

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Who hired paid mourners

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Hebrews

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Who believed the dead should be buried near the family

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tHE HEBREW

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Early christians was not in a hurry to burry the dead

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True

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Christians did not hire people for funerals

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True

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Consecrated burial ground is called what

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Gods Acre

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Edwin Chadwick report was to describe

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the conditions of the interment of the dead

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who believed in self mutilation

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the Soux

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What colony was founded for religious reasons

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Massachusetts Bay Colony

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What colony was founded for commercial reasons

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The Virginia Colony

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What was the ideology of the colonies

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Hard work, industriousness , goodness

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Early christians death took place

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at the home

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Early christians wake was held

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at the home

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Early christians hands were normally

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Folded

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What example is a mourning gift

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Gloves, rings, scarves

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What are the function of the colonial funeral

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religious, social, reaffirmation

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how many classes of egytian embalming was there

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3 classes

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torch light procession means

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funeralis

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Osiris is

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the god of the underworld and judge of the dead

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the wife was to commit suicide was called

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sutee

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A pile of wood greeks used for cremation
Pyre
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What are the types of egytian canopic jars
Hapi, Tuamtef, Mesta, Qebhsennuf
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What was the main reason people came to America
for wealth and to seek religious freedom
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Christians frowned upon cremation
it was called paegan
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what did the Kher-heb do
the one in charge/priest/supervisor
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Who made the the incision
Parachistes
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Who anointed the body with oils
Pollinctors
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the surgeon was
the chief embalmer
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who made the powders ointments and oils
Apothecary
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who made the mark for incision
scribe
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The Libitinarius was
the head undertaker
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Who was the goddess of of corpses and funerals
Libitina
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who was the master of ceremonies/director of funeral procession
The designator
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The crier invited or summoned people to the funeral WHO
praeco
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The Doctorine of Purgatory
16th century reform
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what was the reasons for embalming in the middle ages
surgery and anatomy research
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who had open air burial
The Sioux
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Non violent expression of death
The Navajos
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Tradesman Undertaker
carpenter provide caskets, additional items and services
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Blood letter
Barber surgeon
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HERODOTUS
Father of history embalming from him
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What is necropolis
City of the dead
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What is colombaria
Great tombs with niches for cremated remains
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Catacombs
Underground rooms with tombs
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What state was the first to license embalming
Virginia
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Who was the first state to license a funeral director
Pennsylvania
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19th century WIDOW:
wore black for minimum 1 year. After 2 years, she could wear normal clothing
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19 century WIDOWER:
wore black for maximum 1 year
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Black door badge
indicated an older person had died
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white door badge
indicated a young person had died
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How did Navajo bury the dead
In the ground
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How did Sanger Sioux bury
Open air burial
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What American Indian believed death was the end of everything good
Navajo
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Skull and bones was
The symbol of death
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The cherub was
Baby Angel when things got better
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Women in funeral was seen as
Layers out of the dead
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What century was a sign of women in funeral services
19th century
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Funeral became a profession in what century
18th century
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Embalming was done in the Middle Ages by
Surgeons and Anatomist
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What chemicals was used in the Middle Ages for embalming
Arsenic, chloride, zinc
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What spices was used for embalming in the Middle Ages
Rosemary & Lavender
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What is a shroud
A burial garment
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Plagues led to
Trench graves
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What were the mourning colors for Persians
Brown
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What were the mourning colors for Egyptians
Yellow
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What were the mourning colors for Chinese
White
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What was mourning colors for royalty
Purple
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What is the cremation society aka CANA
The Cremation Association of North America CANA
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What is NFDA
National Funeral Directors Association 1882 The director
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What is NSM
National Selected Morticians 1917 Code of good practice
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What is JFDA
Jewish Funeral Directors of America
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What is OGR
Order of the Golden Rule 1928
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What is NFDMA
National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association African American funeral directors 1957
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When was NFDA started
In 1882
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When was NSM aka code of good practice started
1917
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When did OGR start
1928 Order of The Golden Rule
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When did NFDMA
1957
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Egyptian 3 classes of embalming
3
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Horus
Hawk head god of day
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First class embalming
For the wealthiest viscera removed out in 4jars Soaked in NATRON for 40days
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2nd class embalming
Soaking after having injected cedar oil
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3rd class embalming
Soaked in a soda solution for 70days Black mummy

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