Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 22 days ago

Ancestral remains should no longer be displayed in UK museums, say MPs

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Ancestral remains should no longer be displayed in UK museums, say MPs

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Archaeology@mander.xyzEnglish · 22 days ago

Remains brought to Britain as part of colonialism, such as Egyptian mummies, should be repatriated, a report says

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Replace the mummies with domestic monarchs.
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    Nah, they’ve got plenty stashed in Westminster Abbey. Just dig ‘em up like they did the Egyptian kings.

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

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