Coffin anthropomorphic box made to bury a corpse; usually made of wood
casket rectangle shaped box made to bury a corps; usually made of wood or metal
generic term used in America to designate all burial receptacles as new variations of
Burial Cases
the coffin were being offered
cooling board a platform on which a dead body will be placed with ice underneath.
A type of salt used to dry out the body - used by Egyptians to soak bodies for up to
Natron
70 days
Corpse Coolers used Ice to help preserve bodies
The Ogee pertained to a casket or coffins appearance
Concrete Burial Vault burial vault made from sand, gravel, or cement came into prominence around 1900
Elysian Fields Where the Greeks believed the afterlife would be
Bubonic Plague aka "The Black Death", plagues that killed 60% of Europe in the Middle Ages
Metal Burial Vault originated around 1879
If one does not believe in God, like the Egyptians were described, this person would
Pagan
be called ___.
a belief or practice of heathens; idolatry.
Heathenism
barbaric morals or behavior; barbarism.
Anthropomorphic shaped like "a man"
Memorial Societies Usually stress cremation as the way of body disposal
Trapazae Greek, Square-cut tombs
Stelae Greek, Shaft tomb
Crane and Breed What company began using mass production principles in 1858?
Originaled from the French work "funerallies", which originated from the Latin word
Origin of the word "Funeral"
"funus"
During the Middle ages, when roytalty died, a likeness or "fake" body would be
created of the deceased, then the likeness of this person might be dressed in royal
Effigy attire and placed in a special hearse and paraded throughout towns. This ensured
the safety of the "real" body while also avoiding showing a possible decomposing
body. This was called
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