> it somehow justifies the speaker doing exactly Y first. I think you have a difficult time understanding it because you're equating two things that aren't equ

> it somehow justifies the speaker doing exactly Y first. I think you have a difficult time understanding it because you're equating two things that aren't equal. They aren't doing "exactly Y" if Y is "robbing a grave purely for personal profit without consulting with anyone else first". There is a difference between grave robbing and getting permits from governments, researching, displaying findings in a way that benefits others, etc.. The fact that there is an article in popular mechanics about this means that it isn't "exactly Y".