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submitted 1 day ago by tux0r@feddit.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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

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[-] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

In the National Museum of Scotland there's a bronze-age skeleton curled up in a recreation of the person's grave, surrounded by their grave goods. While I was stood looking at it, a woman was explaining to her granddaughter that the skeleton had been found in Shetland, where she herself was from. The girl turned to her and said, "Was he a friend of yours, granny?" We all laughed, but I think we all had the same uncomfortable thought - this wasn't just dry bones, it was a person. What if it was a friend of granny's? What amount of time makes it ok?

Looking at this body in the British Museum was even worse: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-28589151

[-] Clent@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Being born in the same town means there is a high chance of it being a relative of the girl and her grandmother.

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