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<p>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 these conduits to nourish the dead while they waited for the afterlife. Funeral cookies wrapped with printed prayers and poems meant to comfort mourners became popular in Victorian England; while in

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Author

Candi K. Cann, Joshua Graham, Jung Eun Sophia Park, Emily Wu

Publisher

The University Press of Kentucky

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813174693

Category

social science

Subjects

Anthropology, Science, Agriculture

Updated

2026-03-25