13th February 2007, 02:33 PM
Of course, in many traditions (prehistoric, Christian and other) 'burial' through long-term storage in a standing structure is a perfectly acceptable form of burial, and therefore deposition of a human bone archive in a museum could be seen as a form of re-burial.
The objection could be twofold - that the building concerned is not explicitly religious in nature, and that the remains are accessible for scientific study and may therefore be disturbed after 'reburial'. However, the one thing we know for certain about any prehistoric burials is that we can't provide any burial facility that shares a religious affiliation with them. In addition, some burial traditions do allow for periodic removal and use of ancestral bones (e.g. in modern Madagascar).
So the answer is this - tell the 'druids' that the bones have all been given a respectful, secular reburial in the museum basement.
1man1desk
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The objection could be twofold - that the building concerned is not explicitly religious in nature, and that the remains are accessible for scientific study and may therefore be disturbed after 'reburial'. However, the one thing we know for certain about any prehistoric burials is that we can't provide any burial facility that shares a religious affiliation with them. In addition, some burial traditions do allow for periodic removal and use of ancestral bones (e.g. in modern Madagascar).
So the answer is this - tell the 'druids' that the bones have all been given a respectful, secular reburial in the museum basement.
1man1desk
to let, fully furnished