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Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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Western Culture is comprised of:

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Greek aesthetics and philosophy
Roman Law
Judeo-Christian tradition

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Most of the death customs in U.S. comes from

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England

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Christian behavior was influenced by

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Hebrew concepts influenced by ANCIENT GREEK and EGYPTIAN

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Hebrew Concepts

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5
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How did the Egyptian Bury

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Dry burial because of the Nile river
Laid on bed of charcoal

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2 Types of Coffins

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Sarcophagus- large ornamental coffin of stone or marble “flesh eating”

Anthropoid- man resembling shaped

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Necropolis

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The city of the dead aka cemetery
Mortuary temples

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Greek burial practices

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Prepared by the family, washed by women, clothed in white, used a bier
Power of the flame kept the soul on fire

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Greek types of tombs

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Stelae-shafts
Kiones- columns
Trapezae- square cut tombs
Naidia- temple-like

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10
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Suttee

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Wife had to join the husband on the funeral pyre

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Roman Burial Customs

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Burial- because Christianity teaches that your soul is the important part of your being! Since your body houses your soul,it should be respected and treated well.

Columbaria
Funeral procession depended on who you were STATUS

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12
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Constantine

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Was the first Christian emperor of Rome 314-379AD
He instituted government funded burial of those who could not afford a proper burial

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13
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How did the Hebrew do Burials

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Shrouding/uncoffined

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Hebrew Mourning Customs

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Stripped down to loincloth
Barefoot head covered
Cut off hair shaved their beards
Fasted for day of death

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Hebrew Place of Burial

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Burial should be on family lands or near family dwellings
Family should be buried together so they’ll be together in the afterlife

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Hebrew Place of Burial

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burial should be on family lands
family should be buried together so they can be together in the afterlife

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17
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Christian Death Beliefs

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Each man would have to give an accounting of his life on earth and he would be punished or rewarded in the hereafter

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Christain belief on Resurrection and Cremation

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On judgement day they will rise up to be w/ god
RESURRECTED BODY would be a SUPERIOR BODY
Frowned on cremation

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Burial Customs of the Early Christians

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Early canon law(church law) said the body should be laid out w/ lights beside it
Should be buried in consecrated grounds(blessed)

20
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Role of the Christian Family

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Husband, wife, or children closed eyes and mouth
Body was washed and wrapped in linen sheets w/ myrrh
Laid upon couch
Body was wrapped and the face was viewed
All done by elder women in the family

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Wake

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Means to keep watch
Rooted in fear of being buried alive
People also prayed for repose(safe rest)

22
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Christian Funeral Procession

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The death took place @ home
The prep was @ home
The wake was @ home
Took place during the day to symbolize that the deceased was entering into eternal light

23
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Early Christian Cemeteries

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Grounds were consecrated(blessed)
Outside the walls of the city
Also catacombs underground places of burial containing rooms for tombs

24
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ANCIENT Egyptians souls

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The soul struggled w/ good and evil, after death you were judged by your behavior on earth

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Osiris

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The god of the underworld and judge of the dead

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Egyptians & embalming

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They believed that the deceased would resume normal activities in the afterlife! As long as the body was intact it wouldn’t forsake the body. Embalming was done so the soul could revisit the body

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Egyptians Circle of necessity

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Religious circuit the soul was required to take took 3000years

28
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Egyptians 3classes of Embalming

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1st class- for the high rank
2nd Class-middle rank
3rd class- poorer class

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Egyptian First class embalming
3steps

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1.Brain & viscera(internal organs) removed and preserved in 4canopic jars or burial vases
2. Head & body cavities were washed and filled with spices
3. The body was immersed in a solution w/ natron for40days then wrapped in linen

30
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Egyptian Second class embalming

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Injection of cedar oil into body cavities w/o eviseration

31
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Kher-heb
Egyptian Undertaking Specialist

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Priest/supervisor
The one in charge

32
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Egyptian Undertaker specialist What role did the Surgeon play

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Chief embalmer

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Egyptian Scribe

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Made the the mark for incision

34
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Parachistes

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Made the incision

35
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Apothecary

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Made aromatic powders, ointments,oils

36
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Pollinctors

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Anointed body with the oils

37
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Greeks burial customs

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Amongst the first to cremate on a pile of wood PYRE

38
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Greeks body dies but the soul lives on

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Disembodied soul

39
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Sarcophagus-

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large ornamental coffin of stone or marble “flesh eating”

40
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Anthropoid-

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man resembling shaped

41
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Anthropoid-

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man resembling shaped

42
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Roman funeral died where

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Died at home

43
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Sons of Horus

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Hapi
Qebhensenuf
Duamatef
Imesty

44
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Sons of Horus Egyptian Embalming

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Mesta (man headed)
Hapi (dog headed)
Tuametef (jackal headed)
Quebhsenuf (hawk headed)

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