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Sealed tomb filled with paintings and inscriptions discovered in Egypt

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Re: Sealed tomb filled with paintings and inscriptions discovered in Egypt

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Post by jsiepkes »

jrapdx3 wrote: post #28

The value of exploring tombs for the purpose of illuminating ancient cultures is inestimable. It seems humans have always been happy desecrating burial sites if not for treasure then to prove dominance over another tribe or nation. Of course some exploitation is beyond permissible. Back in the 18th and 19th centuries there was an artist's pigment called Mummy Brown. It was sold for many decades, a rich, transparent b…

Don't forget about the soldiers who died at Waterloo who were turned in to fertilizer [1].

[1] https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/were-the-bones-of-soldiers...

Re: Sealed tomb filled with paintings and inscriptions discovered in Egypt

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Post by jl6 »

happa wrote: post #3

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I don’t think anyone can lay claim to a plot of land in perpetuity. Reverence should and does fade over time. Maybe when you are initially buried, that plot of earth belongs to you for a while, but after hundreds of years, it’s the other way round: you belong to the earth.

By the way, I don’t think you deserve downvotes for expressing your opinion.

Re: Sealed tomb filled with paintings and inscriptions discovered in Egypt

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Post by octocop »

jrapdx3 wrote: post #28

The value of exploring tombs for the purpose of illuminating ancient cultures is inestimable. It seems humans have always been happy desecrating burial sites if not for treasure then to prove dominance over another tribe or nation. Of course some exploitation is beyond permissible. Back in the 18th and 19th centuries there was an artist's pigment called Mummy Brown. It was sold for many decades, a rich, transparent b…

Made me think of Ozymandias, king of kings.

Re: Sealed tomb filled with paintings and inscriptions discovered in Egypt

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

happa wrote: post #3

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Kind of; gravesites are cleared out every once in a while when the families have moved on, iirc over here you buy the rights to a gravesite for like 50-70 years. The coffins / remains are then reburied in a mass gravesite, buried deeper, or (if chosen) cremated.

Re: Sealed tomb filled with paintings and inscriptions discovered in Egypt

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Post by fragmede »

jrapdx3 wrote: post #33
inigyou wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The other reason there are few mummies left is that we ate them.

If you doubt that it's true, do a bit of research and find out if it's so. Here's one source[0], there are others. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_brown

There's a difference between eating and using them as paint, though.

Re: Sealed tomb filled with paintings and inscriptions discovered in Egypt

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Post by vidarh »

jsiepkes wrote: post #41
jrapdx3 wrote: post #28

The value of exploring tombs for the purpose of illuminating ancient cultures is inestimable. It seems humans have always been happy desecrating burial sites if not for treasure then to prove dominance over another tribe or nation. Of course some exploitation is beyond permissible. Back in the 18th and 19th centuries there was an artist's pigment called Mummy Brown. It was sold for many decades, a rich, transparent b…

Don't forget about the soldiers who died at Waterloo who were turned in to fertilizer [1]. [1] https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/were-the-bones-of-soldiers...

And dentures:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33085031

Re: Sealed tomb filled with paintings and inscriptions discovered in Egypt

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Post by vidarh »

fragmede wrote: post #45
jrapdx3 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you doubt that it's true, do a bit of research and find out if it's so. Here's one source[0], there are others. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_brown

There's a difference between eating and using them as paint, though.

The article links to a source describing medicinal use.

Re: Sealed tomb filled with paintings and inscriptions discovered in Egypt

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Post by workbench1_3 »

Aardwolf wrote: post #16
happa wrote: post #3

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If I were in a tomb for 2000 year I wouldn't even mind if they can learn about the history of my era 2000 years later

Well, not 2000 years yet, but some people can get very upset if their tomb is opened: [0]

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Timur

EDIT: typos

Re: Sealed tomb filled with paintings and inscriptions discovered in Egypt

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Post by acheron »

jrapdx3 wrote: post #28

The value of exploring tombs for the purpose of illuminating ancient cultures is inestimable. It seems humans have always been happy desecrating burial sites if not for treasure then to prove dominance over another tribe or nation. Of course some exploitation is beyond permissible. Back in the 18th and 19th centuries there was an artist's pigment called Mummy Brown. It was sold for many decades, a rich, transparent b…

It’s not actually a rule that every HN thread has to start out with negative bullshit. You can just think it’s cool they found a new tomb!

Re: Sealed tomb filled with paintings and inscriptions discovered in Egypt

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Post by cm2187 »

lifestyleguru wrote: post #30
nly wrote: post #12

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Some cemeteries in London reuse graves after just 75 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London_Cemetery_and_Cr... I have very vivid memories as a child of walking through Brookwood Cemetary in south east England seeing a big machine crunching up headstones. Vast swathes of the place was flattened. The cheat code here seems to be "topple testing" for health and safety reasons. It's the UKs largest cemetery an…

Old church with over hundred years old tombstones around it is literally an English landmark. Even in central London. Tombstones you mention belong to people from wrong social class.

I am not even sure about social class. In any case these old cemeteries are preserved probably more as historical artefacts, like an old Roman wall would be in London, rather than out of respect for the dead.
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