Naahhh sorry but the knowlegde is to inportant. I get what you mean i really do, but no. Knowing about our history is simply to inportant to leave a few bricks unturned
Well I would like my grave to be dug up. Not that I would even know about bit because you know- dead. And obviously I can't be the only one like that in all of mankinds history
Honestly if I was buried today and centuries in the future my grave was dug up by archeologists and used to help learn about my life/society/culture, I'd be pretty satisfied with that.
I guess you are thinking Egyptian tomb type scenarios, on the TV show I am watching the graves being excavated have nothing of value in them. The archaeologists are interested, but there seems to be no respect for the bodies being dug up.
Based on these answers, I'd recommend filling your grave with a stable explosive that will last for centuries with a trigger that will do the same. Anyone pops open that sturdy casket, and it'll take out the entire countryside.
What an odd question. I suspect you're overestimating my age by a bit if you think archaeologists would be interested in my mother.
I'm not aware of recent instances of archaeologists excavating the graves of people with living descendants, without permission of those descendants. Is this common where you live?
Not really. I think most people and cultures respect graves. I don't see why that respect should be lessened because the grave is older than a few hundred years, or the buried person has no living descendants. Digging up graves to satisfy curiosity (which was happening on the TV show I was watching, in a medieval monastery, not a development site) seems wrong to me, I assume most people are fine with it, hence it is an unpopular opinion.
Well digging up graves is how we learned a lot about our ancestors and the world before us. It isn't about curiosity imo, it's about history and using what we learned to make the world better for the future. I also don't really care about the deceased as much because they are already dead, they aren't the future anymore.
Anthropologist here: no. Remains give us so much information about the past and honthe future. A lot of times excavations answer cultural questions I.e. African excavations continue to answer evolutionary questions.
I draw the line at outsiders doing it. If their own people want to dig them up (or hire someone to do that), that's okay. Anything else feels gross to me.
I see your point, although (feel free to disagree!) in my opinion, I think that the more we can discover about ancient civilizations and their different principals and inventions, the more we can honour the citizens of said civilizations. Though, to gain information, it is pretty essential to study the tombs and burial sights.
Archeology is responsive now, particularly in the UK. If a site is about to be developed, whether it be housing or road building archeological units are sent to find out what's there, what can be preserved and what can be learned from a site before it's lost forever.
If they come across a burial then so be it, they didn't know it was there until it was found.
Archaeologists don't need to excavate in established graveyards, they know there are bodies there, and the site is not at risk.
Source, daughter is an archaeologist and has found a number of burials!
If a site is about to be developed, whether it be housing or road building archeological units are sent to find out what's there, what can be preserved and what can be learned from a site before it's lost forever. If they come across a burial then so be it, they didn't know it was there until it was found.
Its not morally wrong. Outside of the practic use of being a human landfill so we dont have bodies everywhere, burying the dead is just to make US feel better. I promise you, the dead folks dont care. Especially the ones that have been dead for stupid long amounts of time.
Then they shouldn't have preserved them so well. Like they wanted us to study them
They are dead, they won't complain
meh they rebury the bones after sometime and the info gained is far too useful
They no longer feel anything, and it's likely that the people they loved are also dead so... who exactly are you hurting?
You don't get to own land forever. Sorry, not sorry.
Naahhh sorry but the knowlegde is to inportant. I get what you mean i really do, but no. Knowing about our history is simply to inportant to leave a few bricks unturned
Maybe thet guy wanted his remains to be dug up after death? Who are we to say
Fatuous nonsense.
Well I would like my grave to be dug up. Not that I would even know about bit because you know- dead. And obviously I can't be the only one like that in all of mankinds history
Honestly if I was buried today and centuries in the future my grave was dug up by archeologists and used to help learn about my life/society/culture, I'd be pretty satisfied with that.
If i was buried today and two and a half days later my grave was dug up i would be too dead to care
I don't believe we are beholden to preserve the integrity of the rituals of dead societies.
We are beholden to reasonably honor the rituals of current societies.
Yeah but like what else are they gonna do?
Yeah it's 100% better to save all of the artefacts for the grave robbers for sure.
I guess you are thinking Egyptian tomb type scenarios, on the TV show I am watching the graves being excavated have nothing of value in them. The archaeologists are interested, but there seems to be no respect for the bodies being dug up.
Just for this, I'm gonna excavate your grave.
Based on these answers, I'd recommend filling your grave with a stable explosive that will last for centuries with a trigger that will do the same. Anyone pops open that sturdy casket, and it'll take out the entire countryside.
Why is it morally wrong? Who is harmed?
Who is harmed if I dug up the corpse of your dead mother?
Nobody, I won't care and since she's dead she won't care either, it's just dead meat at that point.
No one? It's not like they killed anyone. It's a body who cares
What an odd question. I suspect you're overestimating my age by a bit if you think archaeologists would be interested in my mother.
I'm not aware of recent instances of archaeologists excavating the graves of people with living descendants, without permission of those descendants. Is this common where you live?
In a couple hundred years? Have at 'er.
The fact you were directly asked to defend your morality argument but completely dodged it and asked your own question... says a lot
Not really. I think most people and cultures respect graves. I don't see why that respect should be lessened because the grave is older than a few hundred years, or the buried person has no living descendants. Digging up graves to satisfy curiosity (which was happening on the TV show I was watching, in a medieval monastery, not a development site) seems wrong to me, I assume most people are fine with it, hence it is an unpopular opinion.
Dead bodies are just that, dead. They have no needs or wants. They are empty vessels. The people that occupied them at one time have no need for them.
If there is no loved ones alive visiting that grave, then after many centuries, I don't think it matter anymore.
Well digging up graves is how we learned a lot about our ancestors and the world before us. It isn't about curiosity imo, it's about history and using what we learned to make the world better for the future. I also don't really care about the deceased as much because they are already dead, they aren't the future anymore.
Anthropologist here: no. Remains give us so much information about the past and honthe future. A lot of times excavations answer cultural questions I.e. African excavations continue to answer evolutionary questions.
I draw the line at outsiders doing it. If their own people want to dig them up (or hire someone to do that), that's okay. Anything else feels gross to me.
I don't know why it would, a lot of these ancient people ancestors would probably be seen just as foreign as anyone else
I see your point, although (feel free to disagree!) in my opinion, I think that the more we can discover about ancient civilizations and their different principals and inventions, the more we can honour the citizens of said civilizations. Though, to gain information, it is pretty essential to study the tombs and burial sights.
Science is more important than cultural superstitions.
Archeology is responsive now, particularly in the UK. If a site is about to be developed, whether it be housing or road building archeological units are sent to find out what's there, what can be preserved and what can be learned from a site before it's lost forever.
If they come across a burial then so be it, they didn't know it was there until it was found.
Archaeologists don't need to excavate in established graveyards, they know there are bodies there, and the site is not at risk.
Source, daughter is an archaeologist and has found a number of burials!
Exactly! Ex archaeologist here too.
'Morally wrong' -That depends on your beliefs. Doesn't mean everyone thinks it's morally wrong
Yes that's why it's called unpopular OPINIONS
I think it's morally wrong to take up land for eternity and burial should be illegal.
What's the time limit between being a grave robber and being an archaeologist?
Permits
Permits make it legal, not "right".
Its not morally wrong. Outside of the practic use of being a human landfill so we dont have bodies everywhere, burying the dead is just to make US feel better. I promise you, the dead folks dont care. Especially the ones that have been dead for stupid long amounts of time.
Meh, feel free to dig me up and use my body for science or morbid curiosity in 500 years lol
Will do, maybe a side-note on your headstone?
You are attached to a world that will exist after you are dead. Doesn't that feel a little insane?
I don't think it's that way, maybe he was dumped by an ex who was an archaeologist lol
I don't get why someone would worry about what happens to our dead bodies a few centuries from now.
They think they're special. Different from the birds and bees.