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https://bookcollection3.softebook.net/may25/0691266174/What-to-ExpectWhen-Youre-Dead-An-Ancient-Tour-of-Death-and-the-Afterlife
An entertaining and enlightening book about how ancient peoples dealt with death&8212andwhat we might learn from themA lively story of death, What to Expect When You&8217reDead explores the fascinating deathrelated beliefs and practices of a wide range of ancient cultures and traditions&8212Mespotamian, Egyptian, Hindu, Jewish, Zoroastrian, Etruscan, Greek, Roman, Early Christian, and Islamic. By drawing on the latest scholarship on ancient archaeology, art, literature, and funerary inscriptions, Robert Garland invites readers to put themselves in the sandals of ancient peoples and to imagine their mental state moment by moment as they sought&8212inways that turn out to be remarkably similar to ours&8212toassist the dead on their journey to the next world and to understand life&8217sgreatest mystery.What to Expect When You&8217reDead chronicles the ways ancient peoples answered questions such as: How to achieve a good death and afterlife What&8217sthe best way to dispose of a body Do the dead face a postmortem judgement&8212andwhere do they end up Do the dead have bodies in the afterlife&8212andcan they eat, drink, and have sex And what can