Taesil of King Seongjong¹

Changgyeonggung Palace
Seoul, Korea

Here's something you don't see every day - the placental burial (taesil) of a king of Korea. So why would you bury a placenta? Perhaps from a feeling that the placental afterbirth is a "dead birth," that is somehow mysteriously connected with the baby's "live birth," and deserves burial honors accordingly.

¹Seongjong of Joseon, 1469–1494. Changgyeonggung, his palace in Seoul, is currently (2016) under restoration.