APAIMages - APAIMages CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza city - 04 March 2019. Rasheed Anbar, a 33 year-old Palestinian man, uses dead animals for embalming at his home in Gaza city on March 04, 2019
STORYLINE - Anbar embalming dead animals and displays it in schools and kindergartens for educational purposes.
Embalming is the art and science of preserving human or animal remains by treating them (in its modern form with chemicals) to forestall decomposition. The intention is usually to make the deceased suitable for public or private viewing as part of the funeral ceremony, or keep them preserved for medical purposes in an anatomical laboratory. The three goals of embalming are sanitization, presentation, and preservation, with restoration being an important additional factor in some instances. Performed successfully embalming can help preserve the body for a duration of many years. Embalming has a very long and cross-cultural history, with many cultures giving the embalming processes a greater religious meaning.
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