rhabarba@feddit.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoWhy is it not grave robbery to take artefacts from ancient graves and put them in a museum?message-squaremessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1122arrow-down1message-squareWhy is it not grave robbery to take artefacts from ancient graves and put them in a museum?rhabarba@feddit.org to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoTechnically taking human remains isn’t grave robbing, it’s body snatching. Grave robbing is taking artifacts like jewellery.
minus-squarelemonmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoSo when Lord Carnarvon sent Howard Carter into the Valley of the Kings with his team… …that was the Invasion of the Body Snatchers?
Technically taking human remains isn’t grave robbing, it’s body snatching. Grave robbing is taking artifacts like jewellery.
So when Lord Carnarvon sent Howard Carter into the Valley of the Kings with his team…
…that was the Invasion of the Body Snatchers?