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Why do funerals matter?

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Cremation in the Roman Empire

Cremation was widely practised during the roman empire. It disappeared in europe during the fourth century. With emergence of christianity, bodily burial became a custom. Cremation made an unexpected comeback at end of eighteenth century when revolution france also revolutionized the way europeans dispatch their dead.

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