Good day, dear readers,
I am so excited to bring you a new non-fiction book. The afterlife was such a huge part of the ancient civilizations, and the author, Robert Garland does a great job in discussing all the ins and outs.
For my history lovers, this is going to be one of the best books that you will read this year. Check it out and let me know what you think!
Book Blurb:
A lively story of death, What to Expect When You’re Dead explores the fascinating death-related beliefs and practices of a wide range of ancient cultures and traditions—Mesopotamian, 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—in ways that turn out to be remarkably similar to ours—to assist the dead on their journey to the next world and to understand life’s greatest mystery.
What to Expect When You’re Dead chronicles the ways ancient peoples answered questions such How to achieve a good death and afterlife? What’s the best way to dispose of a body? Do the dead face a postmortem judgement—and where do they end up? Do the dead have bodies in the afterlife—and can they eat, drink, and have sex? And what can the living do to stay on good terms with the nonliving?
Filled with intriguing stories and frequent humor, What to Expect When You’re Dead will be a morbidly delicious treat for every reader alive.
My Review:
What to Expect When You’re Dead is a really fun book. From the different civilizations that are featured, each have different religious rites. Robert Garland brings fun facts, archaeological evidence, and references that have been given. Each chapter brings new and fun information, gives new looks at older finds, and shares a deeper look at many areas.
I really enjoyed this book, and could not put it down. While I missed reading the book before its publication date, I was able to get this on audiobook. Now I am going to have to get a physical copy, as there were areas that I want to go back and highlight for some future research of my own.
The areas surrounding Mesopotamia and Egypt were my favorite, as those two civilizations are among my top places to read and research.
For those that history lovers, this will be one of the top books that you will want to read. It will cause a book hangover, as you will not want to put it down.
