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Wasn't this merely part of a religious ritual?

• WalterBright 5y ago
  My understanding is it was a moneymaker for the morticians, who managed to get laws passed requiring it.
  • qwerty456127 5y ago
    I never knew and could never imagine this abominable thing is required by law.
• qwerty456127 5y ago
  Hardly. The religious ritual is just bury in the ground. I'm not sure it even involved even coffins originally.