Naidia were the ____ Greek structures for burial. - Answer Temple-like
In order to have someone to provide for him in his afterlife, it was important for a Hebrew to have a/an: -
Answer Son
This person could be given money, bread, and a bowl of beer to "assume the sins of the deceased": - Answer Sin eater
Although embalming was rare in biblical times, which of these persons was embalmed? - Answer Joseph
Which Egyptian embalming method consisted of purging the intestines and soaking the body for a period
of seventy days? - Answer Least Expensive
"Reducers" was another term for: - Answer Bloodletting
The Burial in Woolen Act stressed that the dead should be buried in what substance or material? - Answer Wool
In which Egyptian embalming method were the organs removed and placed in jars? - Answer Most expensive
The Burial in Woolen Act was created in what year? - Answer 1666
In late 17th century and early 18th century England, if undertakers made a sideline of furnishing upholstery, then area drapers: - Answer Began to furnish funerary goods During the Middle Ages and in early New England, the "___ to funerals" was hired to walk between homes, tell of a death, and actually invite the householder to the funeral service. - Answer Inviter
The early Christians were forced to go underground and perform their worship in tombs. What were these underground tombs called? - Answer Catacombs
Greek "trapazae" were the: - Answer Square-cut tombs
Another name for the Egyptian physician was the: - Answer Priest
If one does not believe in God, like the Egyptians were described, this person would be called a: - Answer
Pagan
Coffined burial during the Middle Ages was: - Answer reserved for the wealthy and important
The vogue of black was given a powerful boost in 1498, when black was substituted for white by ___, the
widow of Charles VIII of France - Answer Anne
During the Middle Ages, linen was becoming rare and laws were created to limit its use as a burial material. This is mainly because linen was needed or used for: - Answer Paper
The Greek stelae, are also called a ____ tomb - Answer Shaft
Who embalmed the body of the wife of Martin Van Butchell? Her body was kept on display in the house for years until Mr. Butchell's second wife complained and the remains were removed from the residence.
- Answer John Hunter
The Egyptian deceased were often soaked in ___ for a prescribed number of days - Answer Natron
During the Middle Ages, when royalty died, a likeness or "fake" body would be created of the deceased, then the likeness of this person might be dressed in royal attire and placed in a special hearse and