ALL CORRECT ANSWERS
What type of jars did the Egyptians use to contain the organs of the wealthy deceased?
- Answer-Canopic
What group believed their afterlife as the "elysian fields" - Answer-Greeks
Another name for the Egyptian physician was the - Answer-Priest
"Reducers" was another term for - Answer-Bloodletting
During the Middle Ages, the ___, was hired to walk between towns and tell of a death in
order to invite people to the funeral service - Answer-Inviter
The plagues during the middle ages were also called - Answer-The black death
Were sermons popular during early New England funeral services? - Answer-No, they
were not popular
What was an uncommon gift to get during early New England funeral services? -
Answer-Fountain pen
Who actually carried the coffin in early New England funeral services? - Answer-
underbearers
Was a tradesman undertaker and furnishing undertaker the same person? - Answer-
Nope
What advantage did a sexton have over his competitors? - Answer-He had monopoly
over his churches cemetery `
in early America, the lesser quality or less expensive coffins were made from - Answer-
Pine
the practice of American burial in coffins/caskets is derived mainly from - Answer-British
folkways
What person translated Gannals "History of Embalming" - Answer-Dr. Richard Harlan