like if someone famous gets buried, can anyone just go to the cemetery and dig them up? i mean they do that with mummies and cavepeople. why cant they do that sooner instead of waiting so many years?
Satine
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because the mummies and cave people represent lost cultures that we need to know more about plus they no longer represent biological threats.you need real good reasons to dig up some ones recently buried body like an autopsy or something like that.
Anonymous
Depends on the legal custodian. The legal custodian, at any time, can authorize it. Essentially, a corpse becomes property at time of death. So, for archaelogical digs, the country is generally the custodian, and will authorize scientific digs.
In other words, if you find a body while digging, stop and report it. Without permission, it is illegal.
pinky
eeew archaeologists dig up mummies because they don't know who they were or they want to find out more about a culture that mabey didnt write much.
Anonymous
I think it is. Leave the dead to the dead. Digging them up is disrespectful. They paid their dues in this life and they have left it. Let them rest in peace.
Sweetask
Yes they deserve a final resting place. Its sick.