Reading this after another article about a pre-historic discovery, made me feel 4000 years was not that long ago. This got me thinking, how long is enough before its ok to dig up our dead?
If an archaeologist goes down to the local cemetery and digs someone up, runs a DNA test and publishes the results (‘oh, and I found a gold ring!’) it’s clearly not ok.
The line is there somewhere, I’d suggest it was seen as ok from 150-200 years or older.