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To: SunkenCiv
GGG Ping.

Illustrations from a 14th-century-A.D. Mixtec codex (top) show the Indian culture practicing cremation, a funerary ritual that was reserved for kings and emperors.

A newfound burial site shows that cremation was practiced in 1100 B.C.—much earlier than previously believed.

2 posted on 04/10/2008 8:33:42 PM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: blam
"In fact, Lapham said, the excavation revealed that dogs were "a major component of their diet.""

Nothing like a little Chow...


4 posted on 04/10/2008 8:48:05 PM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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