Talk:Grave robbing

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Contents 1 Don't move to Wiktionary 2 Michelangelo? 3 Focus 4 hmm please add common finds 5 Additions 6 Grave robbing

[edit] Don't move to Wiktionary

This shouldn't be moved to wiktionary. There is a fascinating history revolving around the business of providing cadavers to anatomists, especially in the 16th and 17th centuries. During this time in London, guards were placed over fresh burials to discourage disinterment, and at one point, the law allowed certain heinous crimes to be punished by hanging, after which the victim's body would be either handed over to the anatomists or dismembered in a less precise way for public display. Shimmin 04:58, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)

I agree. A long article could be written about this subject. —Lowellian (talk) 02:54, May 24, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Michelangelo?

In this article it states that Michelangelo took dead bodies to examine their anatomy. I always thought that it was Da Vinci. Am I right or wrong?

[edit] Focus

This article should focus on grave robbing, that is stealing goods from graves. Body Snatching is covered in another article, and theft from tombs is a subject that deserves an article of its own. stargate70

Please elaborate on the distinction you make between "stealing goods from graves" and "theft from tombs". To my ear, they are one and the same. 140.247.163.212 02:18, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Grave Robbing refers to a contemporary sort of thievery. Such as the digging of a burial plot and stealing of objects. Tomb raiding is a touch more in depth, as it requires entering a divine resting place (tomb, pyramid, resting cavern, etc...) for purposes of stealing artifacts buried alongside the deceased. Tomb raiding has a much more positive media outlook as it has such relation to modern times as Lara Croft and Indiana Jones.

[edit] hmm please add common finds

What can you usually find in a grave? personal belongings? money? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pulser (talk • contribs) 15:33, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Dont forget things like rings, watches, gold teeth etc. Also body parts. Either for covert medical reasons or for use among occultists.

-Bill October 23, 2007

[edit] Additions

I made some additions to teh article as it seems to very short.

Here are my additions:

Moltives and Reasons

Some of the moltives for grave robbery -valuables (such as jewellery, gold teeth, rings, watches etc.) -medical body parts (Theres an international black market for human body parts). -occult folklore (items such as skulls, human body fat are used by occultists. This does not mean to imply that all occultists do this.)

-Bill

Oct 23, 2007

The human body decomposes after death. Unless they got in there pretty damn quick, I don't think anyone would want post-death body parts. Do you have credible references for this "International black market for human body parts"? One has to especially look askance at this because there are well know urban legends about people stealing body parts that are clearly made up nonsense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.20.240.63 (talk) 04:31, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Grave robbing

Hey, I added a little template at the top of the article to redirect people who are looking for the relationship term "grave robbing" (a man or woman dating a much older man or woman). 156.34.237.242 (talk) 23:16, 11 March 2008 (UTC)