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  ∆ I definitely think you’ve made a good point about the rulers. If I think about it from that perspective, a lot of these elaborate tombs were made through the abuse towards lower class citizens. This changed my perspective (and I completely agree about common people not being disturbed)
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  There is endless education to be had, from diet to how people died, what medical procedures were done at the time, what diseases, etc., etc.
  Also, in the case of something like Egyptian tombs, esp the ones of the wealthier or more famous -- looters have been looking for and looting those for centuries. 
  Isn't it better to find, excavate, and treat respectfully than leave or replace and have stuff looted? >
  
  Looting! I didn’t even think of that. Excellent point. I think that’s definitely changed a lot of my perspective. Because even if I disagree with the general concept, it would probably happen inevitably with how greedy people are ∆ !! >
  
  Why should we care about their past wants at all? They are dead, they no longer have wants. >
  
  But isn’t it morally wrong in any instance to dig up a dead person when it isn’t necessary, just as a form of respect? Like if we dug up a random person today and then put their body on display that would be wrong, even if they are dead >
  
  No its not morally wrong. Subjective of course on your morality, but in a basic utilitarian sense there is no downside. >
  
  What about wasted economic resources that will be spent trying to prevent grave robbery by those that do not want it to happen? Might there be an arms race between robbers and those not wanting to be robbed after death? Might that run away escalation get expensive and wasteful? >
  
  Im not arguing for an increase in grave robbing, just saying the status quo is not immoral. >
  
  Who exactly is harmed by this? The dead person is dead and they have no loved ones left to care about what happens to their body. >
  
  
  I think that it’s disrespectful for tombs to be opened just to find artifacts.
  
  Why? You don't know what their culture felt about the preservation of tombs and artifacts, you can't know that without studying them. Also when the choice is between preserving knowledge of their culture vs. ignoring it and letting their memory be lost for all time, I think at least remembering them is the more respectful thing. After all they didn't go to the trouble of building such monuments to be ignored, they could have just burned the bodies and left nothing but ash behind to be found.
  
  At the end of the day that was still a person who wanted to be buried in a way they could feel at peace. 
  
  I can guarantee they are no less at peace after an archaeological investigation than they were before.
  
  Everyone sees ancient Egyptian art and offerings in museums that have been stolen from their burial site.
  
  "Stolen" is a strong word. They were often purchased or excavated under the authorization of the reigning government at the time. Just because some Egyptians today disagree with those past decisions doesn't magically morph it into theft. If your great-grandfather sold something it doesn't become theft just because you want it back, no matter how attached or reverent you want to be towards it.
  
  Those objects were considered vital to their passing and religious ceremonies (from what I understand).
  
  Sounds like something you would only understand if someone dug them up and studied them.
  
  I’m not very educated on the topic. But the concept is just gross.
  
  Cool, that is a great foundation for a well-considered judgment. You don't know much but it makes you feel icky. /s >
  
  Is the whole point of this sub not to hear other people’s perspectives? I am clearly open to listening before concretely taking a stance. Not to mention the fact that I don’t really need extensive knowledge to have a general thought on something.
  Regardless, ∆ because I do think preserving cultures is a great point I didn’t fully consider >
  
  The point of the sub is to challenge your view. In other words you're saying 'I have this view which I want to stop having/want to stress test. Help me Reddit' 
  That often means that people will ignore the parts of your CMV they agree with and actually target that particular viewpoint. Those who agree more than likely upvote and watch because just agreeing with OP isn't really allowed as it clogs the comments. So whole you might not be taking a firm stance you're definitely leaning on the 'dont touch' side of the scale. 
  And I think Phage was a bit rough with how they said it but they're right, your argument is based off of how it makes you feel first and then the information you do have to back it. It's not bad necessarily most humans have an element of emotional thinking. But it does mean that changing your view means simply expanding your knowledge to all the things you didn't consider. You've already given multiple Deltas to people who did just that for you >
  
  It's flat out wrong but my county built the county jail on top of an Indian graveyard?? Plus two more communities 20 years before that. >
  
  I don't believe in disturbing a common grave.  But these ancient rulers built themselves elaborate tombs, and stashed a bunch of artifacts inside.  That's a gold mine for archaeologists.
  I like the way Tolkien wrote Gondor's decadence.  It goes something like "Kings made their tombs more splendid than the homes of the living."