Strange customs for the dead

Rituals for the burial of the dead

mummification

Ancient Egyptian mummification was for the elite.

The mummies of the ancient Egyptians are perhaps the most famous corpses in the world. This is a method reserved for the elite. The embalming process involves the removal of all organs including the brain. The dead body is then stuffed with dry materials such as sawdust and wrapped in linen. The Egyptians believed that mummification preserved the souls of the dead who were transported to the afterlife.

Freezing corpses

Body freezing is a method of freezing their bodies in the hope that scientific advances will help them revive in the future. Immediately after death, the dead are stored in a liquid nitrogen solution to prevent rotting until the dead can be resurrected.

Balinese cremation custom

Hindu cremation ceremony in Bali

In contrast to somber funerals in the West, Bali's Hindu cremation has an almost carnival-like atmosphere. The dead are paraded through the streets and then to a field and cremated.

Marinate each body part

Neanderthals used to bury their dead in caves.

This is a strange method of preserving the dead body. The ancients preserved the bodies of the dead by replacing water and body fat with sustainable plastics. This is also a strange method, which involves dissecting the body into pieces, embalming the body with a frozen liquid.

Before starting to bury the dead in the ground about 100,000 years ago, prehistoric Neanderthals used to leave their dead deep inside caves in Europe and the Middle East. To the Neanderthals, the dark, mysterious recesses of the cave seemed like a fitting place to transition to the afterlife.

Burial Mountain

In Tibet, the dead are brought to the top of the mountain and eaten by vultures. The parts of the dead are separated, even mixed with flour and milk to become more delicious dishes in the hope that the dead will leave Earth for good.

Water burial

When the Vikings died, they were put on a boat full of living items, even servants.

Medieval Vikings lived and died by the sea. After death, the richer Vikings were put on ships filled with food, jewelry, weapons, food, and sometimes even servants or animals, so that they could live in abundance in the world. the other side.

Buried in the tree

Indigenous tribes in many parts of the world discovered that the best way to dispose of the dead was to lift them up, rather than bring them down to the ground. Groups in Australia, British Columbia, the southwestern United States and Siberia are known to practice tree burials, which involves wrapping a body in a shroud and placing it on a tree to decompose.

Tower of Silence

"Silent Towers" are usually on the plateaus

Muslims believe that the body is unclean and should not contaminate the Earth after death by burial or cremation. Instead, the deceased are taken to a "tower of silence" usually located on a plateau. When the bones have been dried and bleached in the sun, they are collected and dissolved in quicklime.