After I saw your comment to my own entry, I came to look at yours.
I have to wonder how "advanced" we as a world culture actually are in light of this latest desecration. . . surely we can see that the Ancients had a reverence for the sacredness of place, and surely it should no longer be a surprise to us that indigenous peoples all over the world buried their dead in hallowed ground and then returned, over and over through the centuries - even millenia - to pay respects to those who had gone before.
It is such a simple concept. . . now when and how will we, who apparently number in the minority, drive that point home?
I think its important to temper the real value of archeology with desecration. I am in your camp, this was a desecration simply because there was very little gained form the dig. Archeology has value, but the conclusions thus far have provided nothing more then progressive common sense.
Yes, important people were buried at stonehenge, this isnt a triumph of science. Anyone can look at the sky, point at it and yell "Its blue"....
How we drive the point home is particpation in discussions like this, with common sense and humility. If we become overbearing and use terms like "holy site" or "hallowed ground" we put ourselves in the position of having to defend the terms we use and not getting to the core of the issue.
In my view, that issue being, that this dig was an unnecessary expense of resources to dig up a site that has impacted humans and our culture for thousands of years. The findings didnt justify the means by which they were obtained. In this case, we can argue from that position and its hard to asail.
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I have to wonder how "advanced" we as a world culture actually are in light of this latest desecration. . . surely we can see that the Ancients had a reverence for the sacredness of place, and surely it should no longer be a surprise to us that indigenous peoples all over the world buried their dead in hallowed ground and then returned, over and over through the centuries - even millenia - to pay respects to those who had gone before.
It is such a simple concept. . . now when and how will we, who apparently number in the minority, drive that point home?
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Yes, important people were buried at stonehenge, this isnt a triumph of science. Anyone can look at the sky, point at it and yell "Its blue"....
How we drive the point home is particpation in discussions like this, with common sense and humility. If we become overbearing and use terms like "holy site" or "hallowed ground" we put ourselves in the position of having to defend the terms we use and not getting to the core of the issue.
In my view, that issue being, that this dig was an unnecessary expense of resources to dig up a site that has impacted humans and our culture for thousands of years. The findings didnt justify the means by which they were obtained. In this case, we can argue from that position and its hard to asail.
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