In message <Xns9A226C97AAAC5xjahn@216.196.97.136> Christopher Jahn <xjahn@yahoo.com> wrote: [snip] > > Many cultures indulge in ancestor worship to varying degress. I > know of at least one culture at actually keeps their ancestors' > remains (only a couple generations back) in the house! Oh, > they're fully "prepared," so there's no health issues. But they > will often have the departed sit at the dinner table for > ceremonius occasions. > The Aztecs and Incas went in for it in a big way, especially the latter where dead kings would have their own (live) households. -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy>