The Future of Cremation

The rate of cremation in Japan is very high. Even here in the UK, like as I've just said, a quarter of government owned cemeteries will be full. And that makes me wonder now, what about the past? Like what do I not know about how people used to be buried? You know what? That's actually where I want to start because obviously it's going to be a problem for where we bury our dead. But it's been a problem in the past too. So I want to talk about what solutions have already been used.

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