> ending of routine embalming in many cultures Interestingly, routine embalming is actually relatively new. While embalming itself has of course existed for m

> ending of routine embalming in many cultures Interestingly, routine embalming is actually relatively new. While embalming itself has of course existed for millennia, it wasn't widely practiced (at least in the West) until the American Civil War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embalming#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embalming#History