Whose Grave Essay

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Laurin S******* ART111-01 Van Engelenhoven 2012 01 20 Focus Page- Whose Grave? Summary Response: Is it stealing or is it not? In the article Whose Grave? The reader learns about archeologists and a little of what they do. Some pose a topic of archeology being grave robbing, as others look at it like a learning experience or priceless artifacts. The article is somewhat about how archeologist Howard Carter and his team opened the tomb of King Tutankhamun in 1922 to find the priceless pieces, buried with the young king, still with him and “largely inact.” The main focus of the article though is on the question, “Is it grave robbing or is it just education?” In Whose Grave? it is said that Carter and his people spent years, after the opening of the tomb, photographing and recording the objects found before sending them off to the Cairo Museum. The article also reads about personal feelings some people have towards archeologists and the line of work they do. Some people feel that it is “unnatural” to disturb someone who is supposed to be “resting in peace,” and they call it grave robbing. Grave robbing is done solely out of greed and wanting profit from the findings. Archeology is the study of artifacts of who are not sold, but placed in a museum for others to view and learn of. Some people think that over time grave robbing eventually becomes archeology because the deceased has no living family or anyone who knew them personally to object to the study of archeology. It was also stated in the article that, through some time, most of the people in connection with the “un-tombing” had experienced some sort of weird encounter or tragedy, except Carter himself, who “died peacefully many years later.” Personal Response: After reading the article Whose Grave? I asked myself the same question, “Should archeology be considered grave robbing? I personally never

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