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History of Funeral Service – AAMI questions withcorrect answers
Term funeral comes from Correct Answer-Latin word Funeralis
Term funeral comes from latin word funeralis meaning Correct Answer-
Torch Light Procession
Funerals were almost always at night and "torch light led the way"
Why are funerals slow Correct Answer-so torchlight would not
extinguish
Western Culture is comprised of: (3) Correct Answer-Greek Aesthetics
and philosophy - what we read
Roman Law - our system of government
Judeo-Christian tradition - America founded by religious people
Most of the death customs in the US comes from Correct Answer-
England
Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead Correct Answer-
Osiris
,Egyptians used embalming so that the soul could revisit the body after it
completed the Correct Answer-Circle of Necessity which took 3,000
years
Egyptians believed they would arise from the dead after 3,000 years and
Correct Answer-live with god thereafter
Egyptians were often unable to bury their dead because of (2) Correct
Answer-the overflow of the Nile river
keep the products of putrefaction out of the soil and generating a plague
Egyptians that could not afford to be embalmed utilized Correct
Answer-Dry Burial
Dry Burial method Correct Answer-bodies buried in coarse cloth and
laid upon a bed of charcoal under 6 - 8 ft of sand
Why dry burial worked for egyptians Correct Answer-dry air and nitrous
soil provided slow and inoffensive decomposition
First Class of Egyptian Embalming reserved for Correct Answer-well to
do and high of rank
,First class of Egyptian embalming was expensive and elaborate
consisting of these steps: (3) Correct Answer-1 - Brain and viscera
removed and placed in canopic jars
2 - head and body cavities washed and filled with spices
3 - Body was immersed in solution for 40 days the wrapped in linen
First class Egyptian embalming was immersed in a solution for Correct
Answer-40 days
Second class of Egyptian embalming (4) Correct Answer-1 - Injected
Cedar oil into body without evisceration
2 - Soaked in Natron
3 - Cedar oil dissolved soft organs
4 - All that remained was skin and bones
type of salt that absorbed water Correct Answer-Natron
Third class of Egyptian embalming Correct Answer-For poorer class
, Body soaked in soda for 70 days
Later they used pitch or bitumen
hard black mummy most identifiable by public utilized Correct Answer-
bitumen or pitch
Canopic Jars Correct Answer-MESTA - Man headed jar
HAPI - Dog headed jar
TUAMTEF - Jackal headed jar
QEBHSENNUF - Hawk Headed jar
Man headed jar Correct Answer-MESTA
dog headed jar Correct Answer-HAPI
Jackal headed jar Correct Answer-TUAMTEF
Hawk headed jar Correct Answer-QEBHSENNUF
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