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submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Technically taking human remains isn't grave robbing, it's body snatching. Grave robbing is taking artifacts like jewellery.

[–] lemonmelon 7 points 2 weeks ago

So when Lord Carnarvon sent Howard Carter into the Valley of the Kings with his team...

...that was the Invasion of the Body Snatchers?