When I seen this made me wonder how long ago or what culture practiced cremation? I find it interesting that Vikings and Phoenicians did both.wiki said:Cremation dates from at least 42,000 years ago in the archaeological record, with the Mungo Lady, the remains of a partly cremated body found at Lake Mungo, Australia.[5]
Alternative death rituals emphasizing one method of disposal of a body—inhumation (burial), cremation, or exposure—have gone through periods of preference throughout history.
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