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The life hereafter: Funeral technology old and new

19 August 2011

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Preserved in plastic . See more in our gallery here

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Six feet under is far from the only destination for the dead. 快猫短视频 rounds up the unorthodox passing and preservation of corpses past and present. See more in our gallery here.

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