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Fellow morticians were also alarmed at the uptick in the number of bodies cremated by the Lamb Funeral Home, a respected, family-run establishment and pillar of the Southern California mortuary business for generations.

Such pets are cremated “because they just can’t stand to look at them.”

Archaeologists have revealed that cremated human and animal bones were found within the base of the bucket, with the human remains believed to belong to an "important person" in the community.

The Tower of Silence, or dakhma, is where Parsis leave their dead to be returned to nature - neither buried nor cremated.

Mr Ambekar said that the remains could shed light on the phenomenon of "samadhi burials" - an ancient burial practice among Hindus where revered figures were buried rather than cremated.