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Anthropology

cyclonefence

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6. Westerners, too, don't forget

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 14, 2023, 07:19 AM

Jan 2023

Shakespeare's tombstone, which warns "and cursed be he who moves my bones." So let's not get all smug about those superstitious Easterners.

My favorite non-curse tombstone inscription is "where he goes, and how he fares, nobody knows and nobody cares."

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Why Archeologists Are Too Scared To Open The Tomb Of China's First Emperor [View all] Judi Lynn Jan 2023 OP

People do some crazy stuff NJCher Jan 2023 #1

I read ages ago that European people in Egypt became convinced of curses on tombs there. Judi Lynn Jan 2023 #2

Westerners, too, don't forget cyclonefence Jan 2023 #6

I remember NJCher Jan 2023 #7

If they really wanted to explore the unknown areas, they should be able to utilize robotics if they JohnSJ Jan 2023 #3

I suspect they are worried that any "traps" that are triggered by the robots hlthe2b Jan 2023 #4

Makes sense, but one would think with various imaging technologies that are available, they JohnSJ Jan 2023 #5