THE MOST ANCIENT EVIDENCE OF CREMATIONWAS FOUND IN AUSTRALIA IN 1969

THE REMAINS BORE THE SIGNSOF ELABORATE BURIAL RITUALS

AND ARE ESTIMATEDTO BE NEARLY 20,000 YEARS OLD

US HUMANS AREN’T THE ONLY ONES WHO BURYOUR LOVED ONES WHEN THEY PASS AWAY.ELEPHANTS AND CHIMPANZEES BURY THEIR DEADBY THROWING LEAVES AND BRANCHES ON THEM

£150 IS THE AVERAGE COSTFOR FUNERAL FLOWERS

FLOWERS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE GRAVESOF LOVED ONE SINCE THE ROMAN TIMES.IT’S THOUGHT THE PEOPLE OF ANCIENT ROME WANTED TO CREATE A COMFORTING ENVIRONMENTFOR THE DECEASED’S SPIRIT TO SIT

54% OF RESPONDENTS WOULD PREFER THEIR FUNERALTO BE A PERSONALIZED CELEBRATION OF THEIR

LIFE, WITH JUST 27% OPTING FOR A TRADITIONAL FUNERALSUCH AS A CHURCH SERVICE WITH HYMNS. THE

LATTER FIGURE RANGED FROM 20% IN THE CASE OF THE18-24S TO 40% OF THE OVER-65S.

54%27%

FOR AROUND £45 AN HOUR,THERE’S A UK COMPANY THAT HIRESOUT ‘PROFESSIONAL MOURNERS’THE MOURNERS-FOR-HIRE ARE PAID TO ADD TO THE SAD ATMOSPHERE AND ARE BRIEFED ON THE DECEASED,SO THEY CAN SPEAK TO FAMILY MEMBERSAS IF THEY WERE FRIENDS

THE WORD COFFIN IS DERIVEDFROM THE GREEK WORD KOPHINOS,

MEANING “BASKET”

ONLY ONE IN TWO BILLIONPEOPLE WILL LIVETO 116 OR OLDER

CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF ADECEASED LOVED ONE IS A TOUGH PROCESS

THERE’S PLENTY TO ARRANGE AND ORGANISE,FROM FLOWERS, CREMATIONS,

BURIALS AND OBITUARIES.

BUT HOW MUCH DO YOU REALLYKNOW ABOUT FUNERALS?

HERE’S SOME INTERESTING FACTSTHAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD:

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