So, grave robbing is wrong. Unless it's Egyptian and thousands of years old, right? I mean, they just found a tomb with 40 mummified remains, and they are excavating all of it. If someone dug up your grandmother and took her jewels, you'd consider that atrocious, so how much time actually has to pass to make grave robbing not only acceptable, but glorified?
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A cemetery more than 2,000 years old containing over 40 mummies and a necklace with a "message from the afterlife" has been found in Egypt.
The ancient burial ground, found in Minya, south of Cairo, is expected to take five years to fully excavate, as it contains more than 40 sarcophagi, jewelry, pottery and a gold mask, according to the BBC.
Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Enany noted that the artifacts date to as early as 300 B.C.
"This is only the beginning of a new discovery," he said in comments obtained by the BBC. "We are very soon going to add a new archaeological attraction to Middle Egypt."
Mostafa Waziri, who is leading the archaeological mission, noted that eight tombs have already been found, but expects more to be unearthed as the dig goes on. He added that many of the tombs and artifacts belonged to priests of the ancient Egyptian god Thoth.
Waziri said the dig uncovered four mummies with well-preserved jars, containing lids that appear to look look like the faces of the four sons of the god Horus.
"They still contain the mummified inner organs of the deceased. The jars are decorated with hieroglyphic texts showing the name and titles of their owner," Mr. Waziri said.
In addition, there was a necklace charm that read "Happy New Year" in hieroglyphics, something Waziri described as a "wonderful coincidence" and "a message sent to us from the afterlife."
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LawyerLady
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
When you have been dead for a thousand years, who's going to care?
Besides, science does not destroy the bodies, grave robbers do though. I'd rather have scientists dig up my grave in a thousand years with respect. But, really, I will be dead and won't care.
And I call BS on "a message sent to us from the afterlife." Reaching a bit there, IMHO. The dead person did not send the message. The people who were alive when they buried that body put that necklace there.
I've become rather jaded by these "feel good" quotes.
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When it isn't robbing, but is done to preserve and display.
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