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rightbyte10/01/20243 repliesview on HN

Mummies are maybe a bad example, as one could argue, that bodies should be by their grave.


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nickff10/01/2024

Graves generally aren't permanent; most plots are leased for a fixed term. What is done with the caskets and contents thereafter varies widely.

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bell-cot10/01/2024

Or a perfect example - because there are extremely few cultures and circumstances in which very old human graves are moved when the government or rulers changed?