Posted on 08/10/2019 10:06:50 AM PDT by Anoop
Yeah. The body that the LORD has promised will be grant. I cannot wait, simply cannot wait!! Maranatha!!!!!
Yep. But that, alone, would not explain all of the disconnected bones.
A pleasant thought on a Sunday morning.
Personally, I’ve read enough on historical burials to want to see some of them examined even if they are closed up afterwards. (Tutankhamun rests today in the burial chamber prepared for him; the wealth, intrinsic and scientific, buried with him now enriches those who can view it in museum exhibits.)
Example: The tomb of Henry VIII. I have read that maintenance to the Abbey in the era before photography required revealing the interior of the tomb, containing at least three coffins, one of them damaged, and that it was sketched and then closed up without examination or repairs. I think it would be good to reopen it, examine the contents (including “laying to rest” any speculation about the King’s life or death), identifying and marking the other burials, and generally putting things to “rights” before reclosing. I understand that the reigning monarch’s permission is required for any such thing, and that the current Queen was consulted on how to deal with the remains of Richard III (despite her descent from another line of succession).
Exactly,
I remember seeing a similar
Container in Jerusalem.
The Garden Tomb was
Most educational.
Burial in a folded / fetal position on the side — with or without some sort of container — is a very old practice. The earliest known graves from the Precolumbian North American Arctic were found bound into that position and laid on their sides. With these — as with many others — any disarticulation of the remains has to do with age, critters munching the remains, earthquakes, other disturbances.
The story is over a year old, here’s the earlier topic, ping to those actually interested in archaeology, history, and science.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3770720/posts?page=33#33
si, yo sabe
I enjoy the articles with several pictures.
I still choose to respect the decisions folks make with regard to their final resting place. If it’s yesterday, or a million yesterdays ago, those decisions deserve respect, or we are not part of the same human race.
Showing a picture of dispersed bones is not respectful of a fellow human being. Had these archaeologists been raised properly in a civilized home with a mother who cared about them then if they have to study these peoples bones, they should at least treat the remains and photos of those remains with a modicum of respect. A fellow human being of whom you know nothing deserves at least that much.
After the remains have been studied, they should be placed back where they were discovered.
But because they have dehumanized these people who lived long ago, it is a small step for them to dehumanize people who live today, in my opinion.
Basic respect for the dead and their final resting place is all I ask for. Is it that hard to do that within the science of Archaeology?
If you can argue against that, then let’s just not waste real estate on cemeteries anymore. Extending your conclusion would argue that we should pave over Arlington cemetery & the tomb of the unknown soldier and forget these men ever lived. No way.
I choose to respect those old bones. Study them if you must but respect them and all the artifacts that were with them and put them back where they were intended to stay.
My opinion only.
what was the reason?
For the burials? Usually, death.
ROFL!!!!!
For the burial position but the first answer narrows it down!
Orale
Thanks, where are all these tough rooms I've always heard about? ;^) Could have been a practical reason, such as reducing the labor needed to dig a hole in the tundra...
I plan to be cremated and scattered so as to not burden anyone with my discarded husk.
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