Where have you gone, Karol Wojtyla?

Did anyone else have concerns about how the Pope's body was laying in state for days - so quickly after he died? He passed during the overnight hours EST last Saturday night. Sunday morning, I was seeing his dead body on TV (which, by the way, I have other problems with). I don't claim to understand embalming technologies or techniques (though for a quick overview, you can visit this page on funeralplan.com), but it seems odd to me that he was out on display so quickly and for so long. And that his body wasn't visibly contained in anything except clothes. At some point in life, I learned that most people seem to have a high level of respect for a dead body. This is particularly true for those who are of "celebrity" status or hold elected positions (like the Pope). This is why it was particularly difficult to see his body precariously laying on a slanted platform all week. No, it would not make me feel better to know that his body was somehow "fastened" to the platform. As a result of these concerns, particularly with how quickly his body was out, my theory is that it was not really the Pope's body out on display. It was no secret that his death was coming, and it is very easy for me to believe that they had some sort of realistic looking artist's rendering of him ("dummy" doesn't seem to be an appropriate word) prepared to put on display for mourners. After all, it isn't the pope's body that is truly important to mourners, rather the ideals that the pope embodied. Or, maybe the latest embalming technologies really are that good.