Found In Farmer's Field: The 2,000-Year-Old Skeleton Of The Lost Lady Of Rome

Daily Mail ^ | 11-23-2007 | Chris Brooke

[bannie]

That's why I'm selfishly bein' cremated.

But I'm glad she wasn't! AMAZING!

(I'll leave my combs and other stuff.)

[DManA]

Just to be clear, is your contention the entire discipline of archeology is immoral?

[LilAngel]

Grave robbing and desecration of human remains is sick.

[Plutarch]

A Roman horse and rider, discovered in Cambridgeshire

Must be authentic. No stirrups. Not introduced in Europe until around 700 AD.

I was disappointed to find stirrups in Beuwolf.

[toddlintown]

Was any barley injured?

[stimpy17]

Camilla?

[DManA]

Where does this unusual ethic come from? Haven’t you ever read that you could be breathing the remains of Julius Cesar right now?

[LilAngel]

There’s nothing unusual about knowing better than to dig up dead bodies and desecrate them. Even you must have made the acquaintance of someone in your lifetime who would resist digging up the local cemetery to frolic in the remains. Is it possible that you’ve never met anyone who showed an ounce of respect to the dead? Surely you jest.

[DManA]

How did you come to the belief that the scientific study of ancient life is the moral equivalent of “frolicking with the dead?” No, I don’t know anyone who finds archeology “sick”.

[DManA]

I wouldn't go into a contemporary cemetery and dig for two reasons.
1. They are usually private property.
2. It would cause distress to the living friends and relatives of the dead persons.
We don't maintain cemeteries for the benefit of the dead. They are for the comfort of the living, to help them come to terms with death. It sounds like death is a subject you have some issues with.

[LilAngel]

You can’t tell the difference between human remains and toys, but anyone who shows respect for the dead has issues with death?

[mass55th]

"Whatever I find in my field is my property."

Not if you live in England & Wales. The Treasure Act of 1996 defines what must be done if you believe you have discovered "treasure."

Here's a link that gives info on it if anyone is interested:

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If someone discovers what can be deemed as "treasure," and they don't report it, they can be fined up to $5,000 pounds ($10,306.50 US). They take their heritage very seriously in England.

[Redleg Duke]

Bill Clinton would hit on her!

[blam]

I come down on the side of the archaeologists in this argument...I confess, I don't know where to draw the line.

Frolic with the dead was good for a laugh this Saturday morning though, thanks.

[TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl]

And riders.

[blam]

"I was disappointed to find stirrups in Beuwolf."

As I was to see kilts in Braveheart.

[DManA]

Why won’t you share with us the source of your veneration of the dead? You take it to an extreme that is not normal in our Judeo-Christian society.

For the third time, I find the idea of playing with dead bodies distasteful also. But that is not what we are talking about is it.

[DManA]

Why won’t you share with us the source of your veneration of the dead? You take it to an extreme that is not normal in our Judeo-Christian society.

For the third time, I find the idea of playing with dead bodies distasteful also. But that is not what we are talking about is it.

[DManA]

Naturally, in GB as in all socialist countries everything belongs to the state.

[mass55th]

They do pay the finders the value of the “treasure” they turn over. Some folks have gotten rich by their finds. If they find the “treasure” on another person’s property, they are required to pay part of their award to the owner, which is only fair. The process has seen a larger number of people turning over their historical finds so everyone eventually gets to see them, instead of them wallowing away in someone’s private collection. It’s also given archaeologist’s, etc., an opportunity to add to the history of the country and the people who inhabited it at one time.