Regarding the exhumation of remains after a period of time: this is an
ancient practice still observed in, e.g., Indonesia and other SE Asian
countries, though the exhumed bones are subsequently cremated, not moved to an
ossuary. I am unsure how long the body is left buried in its initial
earth grave, or what criteria influence the decision to disinter.
John Parsons
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