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Why is it not grave robbery to take artefacts from ancient graves and put them in a museum? (feddit.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by tux0r@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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As I was reading about the Valley of the Kings again, I wonder why that was actually legal.

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[–] Vanth@reddthat.com 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

You're not the only one asking this. Lots of museums are putting in place policies against exhibiting human remains and working on repatriating remains they do have.

Things to websearch if interested, UK Human Tissue Act of 2004, and keywords along the lines of "museum policies human remains".

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Technically taking human remains isn't grave robbing, it's body snatching. Grave robbing is taking artifacts like jewellery.

[–] lemonmelon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

So when Lord Carnarvon sent Howard Carter into the Valley of the Kings with his team...

...that was the Invasion of the Body Snatchers?

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