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Letter: How safe disposal led to our funeral rites (2)

Published 20 August 2025

From Emily Johnston, Sykesville, Maryland, US

Seems to me that the custom of burial would have been more practical than anything else. After all, dead bodies lying about would have smelled pretty bad after a while and attracted wildlife.

Issue no. 3557 published 23 August 2025

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