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Reading this after another article about a pre-historic discovery, made me feel 4000 years was not that long ago. This got me thinking, how long is enough befor
by MrDrDr 2y ago
Reading this after another article about a pre-historic discovery, made me feel 4000 years was not that long ago. This got me thinking, how long is enough before its ok to dig up our dead?
- loudmax 2y agoThat is a reasonable question. I think the answer has a lot to do with why the dead are being dug up. If the dead are being exhumed by archeologists seeking to make information about our ancestors available to everyone, that's very different from grave robbers looking for gold.
- lostlogin 2y agoBut is it ok? If an archaeologist goes down to the local cemetery and digs someone up, runs a DNA test and publishes the results (‘oh, and I found a gold ring!’) it’s clearly not ok. The line is there somewhere, I’d suggest it was seen as ok from 150-200 years or older.