More new old stuff discovered in Egypt

I guess I'm of the opinion that in 2-4 thousand years, nobody is going to be around to put flowers on my grave anyway so why not dig me up? Actually, not too sure about the grave thing at all right now, haven't made a decission about the mortal remains of my flesh.

I have to agree with you here a bit. When I was younger, I actually had visions of becoming an archaeologist and yes, Egyptologist. As I got older though, I realized that this was in a sense desecration of graves where people are buried. Many Native American people have in the past been in an uproar as there is a big black market for Native American items that are found in graves.....people are hired to search for ancestral graves, dig them up, and if they find artifacts sell them. As far as Egypt. Long time ago, I remember my history teacher saying the Egyptian people were also in an uproar about the mummy room in the Cairo Museum, where stacks and stacks of mummies are. They were offended with the idea of tourists gaping at the mummies and not long after the mummy room was closed off to the public. Then on the other hand though...the idea of digging up artifacts and putting them in a museum..mmm...at least they would be safer than leaving it up to thieves to take the items and making a profit out of them. Going back to Native Americans though....another uproar was all the "False Face" masks of the Iroquois people that were on display at the Museum of the American Indian. Those masks are "heavy duty" religious items and aren't supposed to be displayed, due to their "magic"--they were later removed and even returned to the Iroquois people

Oh--Elic...I'm none too keen on the grave thing either...think I want to be cremated..LOL

it is very rare to find a mummy in the indian museums.

Yeah, those overlord British wanted all the cool old stuff in their own museaums....

I think the people that could afford to do it, did it because so long as the body survived, they lived on in the afterworld. These aren't like major tombs, but smaller ones that people could afford to have made for themselves.

Check out the previous comment about not wanting them disturbed. I think its cool and since if you remember their names, they "live" on in the afterworld, so I'm sure they don't mind.

I agree that Zahi Hawass has done good things for Egypt, I just feel he spends too much time in front of the cameras. He kind of takes the limelight away from the men and women doing the work. Now, for all I know, they might like it, but I, for one, would like to know some of the names of the people doing the hard work.

I agree that the people doing the bulk of the work should also have their spot. But there are a few limitations in their situation. Unfortunately most people want their archeology to be edu-tainment. Get a person on there who can get a clear point across with enthusiasm and you can hold the audience's attention longer. Zahi is perfect in that role with his big smile and sincere delivery. Few people care about the people who do the "grunt" work. Sad but true. Especially considering most of the people doing the hard work in Egypt are Egyptians hired specifically to move earth, dig and be the muscle. Many are not archeologists but supervised by the archeologists. There's just too much earth to move for the archeologists to do it all by themselves. When the diggers find something then they everything gets handed over to the archeologists. On digs that are sponsored by those from English speaking countries they usually do put some of the people on camera who do the actual digging which is nice. When they did the show on the Stonehenge village, the archeologist in charge actually did much of the work himself and they did interview the others who worked on the site as well and got several viewpoints and opinions. I enjoyed that show very much. I suppose it all boils down to the given situation at the time. No matter how they handle them, I admit to loving the shows.

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