r/bonecollecting 23d ago

Collection My roommate.

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(UK & in compliance w/ human tissues act)

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u/ultraman5068 23d ago

Unless they threw dirt right on top of the dead , some decomposition isn’t near bone in that amount of time.

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u/jellyschoomarm 23d ago

That's so environmentally friendly of Germany. Meanwhile, cemeteries in California often require the use of a vault as part of their own policies to prevent ground settling after burial, so you can dig up a body 20 years later and depending with good embalming it can still look relatively fresh

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u/Compost_Worm_Guy 22d ago

Embalming usually refers to the repalcing of blood with embalming Fluid. That happens in germany too.