British Museum might take note and also start giving stuff back to it’s rightful owners……… (they won’t)
I wonder if the lads in UCC are doing this just to put pressure on the colleges and museums in the UK.
Or did the janitor go to his boss and say:
“I’m sending that lad back to Egypt, it give me the willies when I’m cleaning in the evening.”
See? Everyone wants an Irish mummy.
Fuck sake that’s ruined my evening that
See brits, its that easy to return stuff that isn’t yours.
Can’t say I approve of the decision.
Who is going to benefit from this? The Egyptian public? Sorry, but mummified remains aren’t exactly rare in Egypt, I doubt this one will even go up on display, instead being stuck into a warehouse somewhere to be forgotten. The relatives of the deceased? The lad died 2000 years ago, doubt anybody in Egypt remembers him. The Egyptian government? Sure, they can auction off the remains to some weirdo private collector and pocket the money, kinda goes against the spirit of sending the body back though. The dignity of the deceased himself? He died centuries before Islam came to Egypt, I doubt his immortal spirit will feel much more comfortable in modern day Egypt than it would in Ireland, and tbh given what I’ve heard about modern Egyptian society I’m skeptical his remains will be afforded the same amount of religious respect over there than over here.
the idea of the modern form of archelogy, museums, collecting things etc, is generally only a western idea that emerged in 15th /16th century. Before people were quite happy to just chuck things away. The idea that now the preservers of these things have to give them ‘back’ to fuel neo-nationalism in different countries is just laughable.
Fair play
The Irish a great bunch of lads.
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I thinks this is wrong, Egypt is not really a stable or fair county and has a history of losing artefact’s. If stuff like the Rosetta stone is returned to Egypt how do we know it will be safe? The fact that this stuff is anywhere but Egypt proves my point. The sands of time have a way of a mis placeing items…..
Who knows what knowledge of the past could be lost if priceless artefact’s are left in the wrong hands.
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Bit ironic that the BBC is reporting this
Hang on we had a sarcophagus? Where?
Gonna miss you cute Hor
British Museum might take note and also start giving stuff back to it’s rightful owners……… (they won’t)
I wonder if the lads in UCC are doing this just to put pressure on the colleges and museums in the UK.
Or did the janitor go to his boss and say:
“I’m sending that lad back to Egypt, it give me the willies when I’m cleaning in the evening.”
See? Everyone wants an Irish mummy.
Fuck sake that’s ruined my evening that
See brits, its that easy to return stuff that isn’t yours.
Can’t say I approve of the decision.
Who is going to benefit from this? The Egyptian public? Sorry, but mummified remains aren’t exactly rare in Egypt, I doubt this one will even go up on display, instead being stuck into a warehouse somewhere to be forgotten. The relatives of the deceased? The lad died 2000 years ago, doubt anybody in Egypt remembers him. The Egyptian government? Sure, they can auction off the remains to some weirdo private collector and pocket the money, kinda goes against the spirit of sending the body back though. The dignity of the deceased himself? He died centuries before Islam came to Egypt, I doubt his immortal spirit will feel much more comfortable in modern day Egypt than it would in Ireland, and tbh given what I’ve heard about modern Egyptian society I’m skeptical his remains will be afforded the same amount of religious respect over there than over here.
the idea of the modern form of archelogy, museums, collecting things etc, is generally only a western idea that emerged in 15th /16th century. Before people were quite happy to just chuck things away. The idea that now the preservers of these things have to give them ‘back’ to fuel neo-nationalism in different countries is just laughable.
Fair play
The Irish a great bunch of lads.
Unpopular opinion
I thinks this is wrong, Egypt is not really a stable or fair county and has a history of losing artefact’s. If stuff like the Rosetta stone is returned to Egypt how do we know it will be safe? The fact that this stuff is anywhere but Egypt proves my point. The sands of time have a way of a mis placeing items…..
Who knows what knowledge of the past could be lost if priceless artefact’s are left in the wrong hands.