Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 8, Number 18, DeMotte, Jasper County, 31 March 1938 — Ancient Egyptian Custom [ARTICLE]

Ancient Egyptian Custom

It was customary for the afflicted family of the ancient Egyptians to conduct lamentations at home daring a period of 70 days or more, singing funeral dirges and fulfilling all the other duties required by custom and their own feelings.