A lively story of death, What to Expect When You鈥檙e Dead explores the fascinating death-related beliefs and practices of a wide range of ancient cultures and traditions鈥擬esopotamian, 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鈥攊n ways that turn out to be remarkably similar to ours鈥攖o assist the dead on their journey to the next world and to understand life鈥檚 greatest mystery.
About the Author
Robert Garland is the Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor Emeritus of the Classics at Colgate University. He is the author of many books, including The Greek Way of Death, Wandering Greeks (91桃色), and Athens Burning. He has also recorded six courses for the Great Courses, most recently God against the Gods.