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Why is it not grave robbery to take artefacts from ancient graves and put them in a museum? (feddit.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by tux0r@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As I was reading about the Valley of the Kings again, I wonder why that was actually legal.

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[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Shrug dead is dead. Short or long it doesn't affect anything. People are just sentimentalists.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

As far as I am aware, only the living have a problem with the grave robbing.

[–] Achyu@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Only the living have a problem with anything tho

[–] tux0r@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

Depends on your religion, I guess.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I for sure dont want anyone to unbury me, steal my last personal effects to put on display and toss by remains in some cooler waiting further analysis.

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Who wants to have personal effects in their grave anyway? When I'm dead, I want to become soil as quickly and cheaply as possible.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

And i hope your choice gets respected as it is your choice. The same should apply to the people whose personal effects have been robbed from their graves.