Is it normal to wonder about the ashes?

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Whenever I see an urn or something containing a small amount of cremains I wonder what part of the person's body is in that container. In ancient Egypt you knew that jar A contained a heart and jar B contained a brain, and so on. But now a days, no one bothers to label what ash they put in. People are making diamonds out of loved ones ashes and I can't help but wonder; Was that diamond once a man's left foot, or maybe his spleen? Has anyone else wondered this?

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  • _Mehhhh_
    7 years ago

    "Cremains", lmfao

    That amused me far more than it should. I have literally never heard this term before, and I'm shocked I made it to 22 before seeing someone say it.

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  • dirtybirdy
    7 years ago

    No organs are left after the process so it certainly wouldn't be a spleen diamond. It's just bone dust.

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    • Emeraldsketch
      7 years ago

      Oh I didn't know they removed the organs before cremation. Learn something new every day.

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      • sunshinemoonlight
        7 years ago

        I have a book on ancient Egypt and it says that typically the organs of royalty and other people from the privileged classes were removed from their bodies prior to the embalming process - something to do with having a better afterlife - but not so for the bodies of "commoners".

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      • dirtybirdy
        7 years ago

        They might not always do that, depending on the culture, but even if they didn't remove them, the heat is so high that the organs and soft tissue basically vaporize. Then they usually pass the remains under a magnet to get any metal, like fillings from teeth or plates or pins from operations, then crush what's left into a finer, more consistent gritty powder.

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