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Final 3rd Qtr

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The study of past events & cultures and their influence on present conditions usually through the use of written records   History  
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What are common beliefs among all cultures?   *Some sort of afterlife *Careful reverent treatment of the dead *Separate cemeteries *Ambivalent feelings towards the dead *Class distinctions in burial  
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Anything made by human hands   Artifact  
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City of the Dead   Necropolis  
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Egyptian Judge of the Dead   Osiris  
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Egyptian Guardian of the Dead, God of Mummification/Embalming   Anubis  
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Egyptian personal life force that would cease living if the body decomposed   Ka  
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The Egyptian personal double or personality   Ba  
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Item used by the Egyptian deceased to pass from death and to the judgement hall   Book of the Dead  
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How did the Egyptians bury their dead?   Directly in the sand which leads to natural mummification  
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An Egyptian underground tomb with a building above it that visiers and advisers were placed in   Mastaba  
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Naturally occurring salt deposits in the Nile delta that were used for antiseptic and desiccating purposes   Natron  
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Father of History who wrote down the first Egyptian account of embalming and said the embalmers were their own profession in Egypt   Herodotus  
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Head Egyptian priest who did the embalming and said spells and incantations over the body   Kher-Heb  
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Egyptian prep room   Wabt  
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Ceramic jars that held Egyptians viscera in their burial tombs   Canopic Jars  
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Egyptian stone outer burial vault, "Flesh Swallower"   Sarcophagus  
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Egyptian tombs cut from cliffsides ex: Valley of the Kings   Rock Cut Tombs (Hypogea)  
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Egyptian burial chambers arranged around a courtyard like an Egyptian home   "Saff" Tomb ("Row" Tomb)  
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Personal items placed with the deceased ex: jewelry, weapons, furniture, game boards, food/beverages   Grave Goods  
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Little Egyptian statuettes that they believed would be servants in the afterlife   Ushabtis  
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How did the Egyptians influence our time with funeral customs?   *First to preserve the dead on purpose *First to utilize decorated vaults, coffins, entombments, funeral banquets, floral tributes  
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Greek underworld bordered by four rivers   Hades  
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Name the four rivers surrounding Hades   Styx, Acheron, Lethe, Cocytus  
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The deepest part of Hades   Tartarus  
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Place the dead go that is a version of Greek paradise   Elysian Fields  
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The boatman of the river Styx   Charon *he is paid by placing an obol in the mouth of the dead  
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Name the two Greek mystery religions   *Cult of Dionysos-Dying & Rising God *Cult of Demeter-Resurrection Goddess  
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Name the first major culture to practice cremation   Greeks  
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Greek monument; upright tablet type monument that cremains are buried underneath   Stela  
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Greek monument; round column-like monument with a bust on top of the deceased, given to very important people or those who won a wreath at the games   Kionis  
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Greek monument; box-like and the urn goes inside   Trapazae  
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Greek monument; more elaborate trapazae that looks like a Greek temple   Naida  
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Roman belief that everything has a soul   Animism *Anima-soul  
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Describe the Epicureans   *Denied the survival of the soul after death *Believed you should enjoy life while you had it *Common among those with wealth  
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Roman underground tunnels around the city in the valleys used for burial   Catacombs  
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Main Roman funeral director   Libitudinarious  
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Roman embalmer   Pollinctor  
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The Roman general assistant to organize the funeral procession   Designator  
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The Roman announcer who would let the public know the funeral was processing   Praeco  
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Roman torch bearer during night processions   Funerales  
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The place where spirits would go in the Jewish afterlife (like hades)   Sheol  
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How were Viking warriors bodies disposed of after death?   They were laid out in their long boats with their grave goods and put out to sea and set aflame.  
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The person who took care of the church, cemeteries and some undertakers duties during the middle ages   Sexton  
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What disease wiped out a large chunk of European population during the middle ages?   Yersinia pestis aka The Black Plague  
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Where were the plague victims buried?   In cemeteries established outside the city limits  
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A guild established that people could join for a yearly fee that would give them a burial and would pay for the repose of their souls after death   Poor Souls Guild  
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What profession took care of embalming during the middle ages?   The Barber Surgeons  
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