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Edith burial nut only continues to be the must popular way to dispose of the dead in America. it may also be the most ancient. Burtal procedures have been traced buck to the tune of the Neanderthals. who show evidence ot having engaged in toimaiued burnt! procedures. These bodies were burred with tools and other artifacts in an east-west onentatwo so that the head of the deceased always faced east, louring the times of the ancient Romans, tt was believed that burnt! allowed the deceased to enter the land of the dead. Otherwise, an unburied body would have to travel tar along the nver Styx before it would be able to cross over in to the land of the dead.
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“The gods conceal from men
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they cun etnhue life. "
- Lucan
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