Why is it not grave robbery to take artefacts from ancient graves and put them in a museum? - eviltoast

As I was reading about the Valley of the Kings again, I wonder why that was actually legal.

  • MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works
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    19 days ago

    Shetland is an archipelago, but ok. Historically populations in the Scottish islands moved around a lot more than you would think. Sick of the tiny village you grew up in? Hop in a boat and go to Orkney, or Skye, or Lewis. Travel by land was difficult, by sea was comparatively easier. There was also a lot of incomer traffic, from Ireland, Scandinavia, even the Baltic. So yes, there might have been a tiny fraction of genetic connection, but unlikely to be significant.