Excarnation
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In archaeology and anthropology, the term excarnation refers to the practice of removing the flesh and organs of the dead before burial. Excarnation may be achieved through natural means, such as leav
Zoroastrian Towers of Silence are examples of excarnation.
A Tibetan sky burial
1886 photograph by John William Lindt in British New Guinea, depicting a "platform for dead bodies"
Tree burial of a Sioux chief
Mos Teutonicus
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Mos Teutonicus or less commonly Mos Gallicus was a postmortem funerary custom used in Europe in the Middle Ages as a means of transporting, and solemnly disposing of, the bodies of high-status individ
Excarnation
…mainly to prepare human remains for transport over long distances. The practice was used almost exclusively for nobility. The practice was known as mos teutonicus, or active excarnation. The bodies were broken down differently than solely defleshing, as they were cut up and boiled in either wine, water, or vinegar…
Skull of Louis IX in Saint-Laurent-du-Var, France