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pendy · 23-01-2006, 16:58

I would think that very old burials would long since have crumbled to dust. It takes time, but several hundred years should do it. It's only in certain conditions (peat bogs, embalming, etc) that anything survives. We probably walk over hundreds of ancestors every day.

23-01-2006, 16:58	#31
pendy Resting in peace Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London/Oswaldtwistle Posts: 1,123 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 910	Re: The riddle of the missing bodies. I would think that very old burials would long since have crumbled to dust. It takes time, but several hundred years should do it. It's only in certain conditions (peat bogs, embalming, etc) that anything survives. We probably walk over hundreds of ancestors every day.