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That was something I considered too. I have to ponder, why might they have given this particular body a recognizable burial?
by JetAlone 4y ago
That was something I considered too. I have to ponder, why might they have given this particular body a recognizable burial?
- romanhn 4y agoIn the article they theorize that he might have been considered a plague spreader. A burial would be a much better way to contain further spread compared to many of the other alternatives (though one might wonder why they didn't just burn the body).
- JetAlone 4y agoGetting into wild speculation, one interpretation of the "Miasma Theory" could go like this: "Diseases comes from bad vapours. Very nasty disease is in this body. Therefore if we burn this body, miasmic smoke could come out of it."