VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Dinah|DATE|1367438272|CONTENT|The practice of honouring the bodies of the dead has been fairly intermittent throughout history.  Prior to the twentieth century, bodies of men killed on the battlefield were often left to be ploughed into the soil and used as fertiliser.  The bodies and heads of executed  felons and malefactors were displayed as warnings, and the remains of those who fell out of favour post-mortem were often dishonoured, such as the bodies of Cromwell and his supporters which were dug up following the Restoration and displayed on gibbets.

The older the remains the less honour seems to be accorded to them, other than providing evidence for scientific and archaeological purposes.  Mummies and skeletons are displayed in museums, and no one seems to mind very much apart from a few native or indigenous people who occasionally demand the remains of their ancestors back for ceremonial reburial.
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