DEATH AND PUTREFACTION cycle of life and death humans in the cities die every day to be replaced by new ones never to rise again cooling of the body spontaneous movement in the dead disintegration of tissues and innards after death chemical changes arise flies and beetles lay eggs on the corpse liquefaction of the fats putrefaction takes its course limited place in burial grounds make people reject interment crematorium burns as hell ashes are all that's left after all soft parts are destroyed only skeletal remains to be closed in a cinerary urn their final resting place