This beautiful amber cup was found in a prehistoric burial mound near Hove, England. Dating from 1250 BC, it was discovered inside a coffin fashioned out of a tree trunk that also contained human bone. It now forms part of the Brighton & Hove, Royal Pavilion & Museum collections
Grave robbers !
ReplyDeleteI was wondering where i left that. We tucked it fully of whiskey in with Paddy Murphy to jeep it cold.
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Put that cup in the dishwasher, it should clean tight up.
ReplyDeleteAH, but does it runneth over?
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ReplyDeleteWhen does grave robbing switch to archaeology? 100? 500? 1000? The family dies off?
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DeleteI read the linked article. Alleged is the difference is archeologists follow a set of rules. For Pete's sake, of course!
DeleteAny unethical act can be rationalized as ethical because of rules. What a load of codswallop.
It's no different than saying, I shot him because he needed dying. See, all neat and tidy. Nevermind the ethics, it's fine because I say it's fine. You can do it too. I made up a set of rules.
And if an archeologist does not strictly adhere to the rules at all times, is he then a grave robber?
DeleteWhy not? The only thing between the two is rules. That is so very tenuous.
I have the same problem with digging up graves. I would prefer that these people have their dignity restored by photographing the contents of their graves, then returning everything as it was found (or near enough) and reburying everything.
DeleteThe ones that really irk me are warriors graves when the person's arms are stolen from the grave. They were interred with the dead for a reason.
With modern and even at the advent of photography, there's no reason not to return all of the contents to the grave.
Other than that, it's grave robbing given a more noble calling by calling it archeology.
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That's kind of a circular argument. Made-up and tenuous rules are all that separate archeologists from grave robbers. And ethics are the same - tenuous and made-up rules. This argument could go on ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
DeleteThat's really nice!
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