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24th August 2018

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Anonymous asked: Tell me something I don’t know

The contemporary practice of embalming corpses and burying in decay-resistant coffins beneath permanent individual memorials in vast fields specifically dedicated to the purpose is closer to Egyptian mummification/necropolis funeral practices than European Christian tradition, where bodies were often allowed to decay to bone and then interned in ossuaries to make room for the next

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