Once the funeral is over, the embalming fluid is already failing. Inside a casket, the body will slowly dry out or liquefy—depending on the environment.
In a sealed vault? It gets anaerobic decomposition (no oxygen). That’s slow. In a simple pine box? The soil microbes say, “Bon appétit!”
Within one to two years, most soft tissue is gone. Within a decade, only the skeleton and some hair remain. And your fillings? Those last forever. Dentists win again.
Embalming Process Step By Step
