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Sealed Egyptian Mummy sacrophagus for 2600 years is opened for the first time (video)

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secretanchitman

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Chrno said:
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Lol it's hilarious that this is the first thing I thought of as well.
 
AlexFlame116

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Man some of the replies are NOT happy that they removed the sarcophagi. "Disturbing sacred religious acts/offensive to the people of that time" and all that.
 
Biske

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No shit, saw this video out of context on twitter and thought it was fake. So colorful inside damn
 
mm04

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Adromeda Strain time. For real though, the craftsmanship of all those involved that long ago is pretty amazing.
 
NO!R

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Man just imagine going down for the last nap thinking, "i will be eternal, i shall awake luxuriously in the afterlife", only for a bunch of shits in the future to dig your shit up and open it to look at your pruny ass self.
 
eebster

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I wonder, where is the border between grave robbery and archeology? They were put in there believing they'd embark on a journey towards immortality only to be opened up 2600 years in front of a few dozen people with smartphones in their hands. I know how important this is for science and history and I find it extremely interesting as well, but at the same time I can't help but think that opening up tombs and mummys is extremely disrespectful to their beliefs, traditions and religion and something we shouldn't be doing.
 
SemRockwel

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eebster said:
I wonder, where is the border between grave robbery and archeology? They were put in there believing they'd embark on a journey towards immortality only to be opened up 2600 years in front of a few dozen people with smartphones in their hands. I know how important this is for science and history and I find it extremely interesting as well, but at the same time I can't help but think that opening up tombs and mummys is extremely disrespectful to their beliefs, traditions and religion and something we shouldn't be doing.
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Here is a PBS article that describes treatment of Native American burial grounds:


While there are differences in context (the cultural traditions of Native Americans survive to today while Ancient Egyptian culture doesn't, and Egyptian mummies are much older) I am not sure if I am completely comfortable with the large difference in treatment.

For practical reasons, I guess since the Egyptian people are ok with the archeology, then I guess they shouldn't stop their investigations.

Edit: I will say though that Native American artifacts have it worse in America for sure.

I guess what I ultimately have an issue with is western cultures having large respect for western artifacts and grave sites, while ancient cultures and non-western cultures don't tend to earn the same kind of respect.
 
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