Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Food, Death, and the Afterlife
by
David Oualaalou, Lacy K. Crocker, Gordon Fuller
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
Food has played a major role in funerary and memorial practices since the dawn of the human race. In the ancient Roman world, for example, it was common practice to build channels from the tops of graves into the crypts themselves, and mourners would regularly pour offerings of food and drink into...