[Scoutmaster]

People are buried in the U.S. without being embalmed.

In most states, embalming is not required unless you die of an infectious disease, plan to have a viewing, or there will be a long period between death and interment or cremation. Some states require embalming to cross state lines.

[Tax-chick]

Irrespective of vivisepulture, my mother has visited Greece and says that it is, without question, a Third World country.