An international research team has gained new insights into the burial rituals of Late Ice Age societies in Central Europe. Signs of human remains from the Maszycka Cave in southern Poland being manipulated indicate systematic dissection of the deceased, as well as cannibalism.
  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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    2 days ago

    Ritual “cannibalism” is still in practice today. Some South American tribes will burn their revered dead and mix the ashes with the communal food, so the dead member would continue to live and empower the tribe.

      • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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        2 days ago

        Agreed. Most western cultures will pump the fluids out of their dead and replace it with chemicals that keep them from decomposing. Which is also gross and creepy.

        Maybe there’s no good way to dispose of a body.

        • TacoButtPlugOPEnglish
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          2 days ago

          I am creeped out by the way the Zoroastrias do it but also intrigued