abbadon420 comments on Anon wants to open the tomb of Gilgamesh

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[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 44 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I don't know anything about this find, but I do know that the best way to preserve archeological sites is to leave them untouched in the ground.

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[–] fizzle 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You're right ofc, but I don't think that's what's going on here.

There's the well known chinese emperor who's name escapes me who's tomb has been left for exactly this reason - if we were to excavate it would be very difficult to preserve the contents. I doubt that's what's going on in this location though - I imagine the taliban or whoever runs the show there would very much appreciate the short term cash flow from opening a site like that.

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[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

The Taliban aren't exactly struggling for cash...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban#Economic_activities

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[–] fizzle 4 points 6 months ago

Sure but the local cleric or whoever would alleviate the opportunity for self enrichment I'm sure.

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