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".
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.
IIN to wonder about the ashes?
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Oh I didn't know they removed the organs before cremation. Learn something new every day.
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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".
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.