Essay - Respect for the Dead This is a Paper Concerning Respect...

Respect for the Dead

This is a paper concerning respect for the dead. There are four references used for this paper.

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Today there are many ethical issues being discussed in terms of ***** for the dead. It is important to examine some of these issues and the facts concerned with this subject.

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The burial sites ***** mummies are constantly being disturbed under ***** guise of studying the past. In 2003, German researchers disturbed a crypt of ***** 2,500-year-old mummy in Egypt, to obta***** and analyze embalming material found at the site (http://media.dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20031027/mummies.html).

Egyp*****logists have been searching for years for the tomb ***** Queen Nefertiti, King Tutankhamun's step-mother and mother-in-law. These researchers believe they ***** ***** her mummy in the Valley of the Kings, and have disturbed ***** tomb in order to learn more about ***** life. According to records "little is known ***** the 'Great Royal Wife' of ***** renegade pharaoh Akhenaton, who ruled from 1353-1336 B.C. in the Amarna period. Along with her '*****etic' husb*****, Nefertiti vanished as if she had never been, and efforts were made to leave no records about her (http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20030602/nefertiti.html)."

The ***** she was ly*****g in also contained two ot***** mummies, which were all "unc*****fined and unwrapped (http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20030602/nefertiti.html)." These bodies ***** *****d in great detail by a number of scientists. The chest cavity ***** mummy that is possibly Nefertiti was exam*****ed with digital x-ray equipment, as well as the ripped-off arm of the body, fur*****r violating the integrity of the body.

***** cases ***** pro***** that ***** ***** little regard for mummies, and although scientists claim they have a legitim*****te right to study these bodies in ***** to *************** history, they actually illustrate their lack of respect ***** the dead. When these bodies were entombed, they were meant to be un*****, much as ***** buried *****day should be undisturbed.

Measures Being Taken

Some countries are taking measures to assure the dead ***** *****ed. In 1989, "the Vermillion Accord was adopted at the South Dakota WAC Inter-Congress (http://www.wac.uct.ac.za/archive/content/vermillion.accord.html)." This accord stated that "the mortal remains of the dead ***** all shall be respected, as well as their wi*****s concerning disposition (http://www.wac.uct.ac.za/archive/content/vermillion.*****.html)." ***** scientific community has to demonstrate respect for any remains, and must recognize any concerns of communities.

The Code of Ethics of the American Anthropological Association ***** adopted in 1998. This code *****cludes *****visions which state Anthropologists ***** "work for ***** long-term conservation of the archaeological, fossil, ***** his*****rical records (http://library.lib.binghamton.edu/subjects/anthro/ethics.html)."

Although ********** ***** are meant to ***** the integrity of burial sites, *****y still allow bodies to ***** disturbed in the *****terest ***** science and history.

Conclusion

***** are ***** the dead in order to understand the *****. While measures have been taken to respect the ***** during examinations, the main issue has ***** not ***** addressed.

***** dead and *****ir burial sites should be left undisturbed, as they ***** originally intended to be. Researchers and ***** need to considered how they would feel if they, or their loved ones, were disturbed