I met the man who led the dig to find Richard III today and it got me thinking.
How long after death is it OK to dig up a skeleton for research, and possible display in a museum?
I'd hate to think that in a thousand years from now I'd be lying in a glass case somewhere.
I always feel sorry for people who's skeletons are dug up from wherever they were lovingly buried so that archeologists can poke them about in a lab.
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At what point does a body stop being a the remains of a person, to be treated with respect, and become an artefact for display in a museum?
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ProudNeathGirl · 22/09/2012 23:23
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