Lincoln's embalmment

[Eva Elisabeth]

(11-29-2014 11:23 AM)loetar44 Wrote:  Embalming is allowed in the Netherlands for members of the Royal Family, on deceased who are transferred abroad and on deceased who donate their body to science.

Despite the Royal Family due to the lack thereof the same here - and I believe preserving for up to 10 days with low %age is allowed, too.

Nowadays' restrictions are for ecological reasons - sooner or later the formaldehyde would pollute the soil and ground water. Historically I think it has never become a practice in Germany for religious reasons. God's will - according to Gen 3: 19 is: "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return" and Ecclesiastes 12 :7: "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it."
In both, Lutheran and Catholic burial ceremonies here, after the casket has been lowered into the grave, the pastor always closes citing the words from Gen. 3:19: "Now thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return", and each mourner tosses a handful of dirt on the casket to symbolize the deceased returning to the earth as a final resting place. (This wouldn't make sense if the body was hindered from return.)

(11-29-2014 02:24 PM)loetar44 Wrote:  Were they placed back in the skull?

AFAIK yes - now where did I read this? Perhaps in 20 Days?!