Posted on 07/29/2006 5:55:58 PM PDT by blam
GGG Ping.
I always wondered about this and maybe I am wrong, but I do not want my grandma dug out of the ground just because her family is not there to protect her. Pretty friggin sick if you ask me. A scientist can exhume my grandma.
Cool. so what is your great grandfathers name and do you think he should be dug up. Aftr all it is for science.
LAID TO REST GOD BLESS THIS PERSON.. I would cry if you invaded my ancestors grave . You have no right whether it be 3 years or 5600 years. You have no right, I am always sickened when mummies are found. Leave them alone . I pray that when I pass away I can live in eternity and..ohoh,what the hell,,some scientist wants to rip my clothes off and take me outa my grave. MY GRAVE.
There is an unbelieveable and gruesome story associated with that graveyard and the move if you want to hear it.
Blam, wasn't your great-grandfather cremated after he died in Africa while on Safari? Seems there was some discussion about it.
How curious. Either Blam is lying, or he has more than one great-grandfather.
Now, I read a study done in England about the water wells downstream of cemetaries...the drinking water is loaded with human protein. Are they drinking their relatives?
He should have four of them.
No. You're just stiring up trouble, Lucy!
Actually, it's for history. Was your great grandfather embalmed? Put in a fancy box? Buried with lots of other dead people under a big, fancy grave marker? Then he is, or will be, a legitimate subject for history. Especially when the culture which buried him disappears and their rites become essentially meaningless. If you're so concerned about archaeologists digging you up thousands of years after everyone has forgotten you, then make sure there's nothing left for them to dig up.
How curious of YOU. I had four great-grandfathers.
Descendent Of Stone Age Skeleton Found (Cheddar Man - 9,000 years Old)
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The question is after all this time, does it still smell like mothballs?
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Thanks for the post on the Chinese tomb and for the link to Mr. Targett (Cheddar man story). I have personally seen the clay soldiers in Xian (almost 25 years ago) and I find anything written about them to be fascinating.
Apparently, from what I've read, the soldiers are just the 'tip of the iceberg.'
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