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Embalming, headstones, ornaments, and plastic flowers are not allowed.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2024

Embalming would make it significantly more difficult to conduct a full toxicology screen.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2023

Embalming only gained traction among wealthy Americans during the Civil War, which essentially started the modern funeral industry.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2021

Embalming and calling hours took place at the homes of the deceased.

From Washington Times • Feb. 4, 2020

Embalming seems not to have been universal, and bodies were often simply hidden in caves or buried.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various