Comments on: Cleopatra’s murdered sister?

By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:58:44 +0000

That’s a good point, but I would think the size of the tomb alone would be enough to suggest that someone of wealth and standing was buried there. I don’t see how they’re ever going to come close to confirming, or even strongly supporting the theory that it’s Arsinöe, though.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:38:48 +0000

I saw a documentary on this. I believe it was on NatGeo TV. One thing that wasn’t mentioned was that the tomb was found in the heart of the city (basically Main St). This was extremely rare for the time and area. Most burials were done outside of the city. That was one reason they thought it was a prominent figure buried there

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:56:38 +0000

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By: livius drusus

livius drusus — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:39:00 +0000

I’m not sure the Kennewick Man controversy is aptly placed under the reductionist, pseudo-nationalist umbrella. There are other issues in play there — ancestor worship, the religious bond to a specific geography, the long history of callous treatment of native human remains — that don’t quite match the Afrocentrism and Sinocentrism of the other two examples.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:00:18 +0000

The phenomenon of ascribing uniquely African characteristics to people who are, ultimately, as much a part of the Mediterranean as anywhere, is part of the same reductionist, pseudo-nationalist nonsense that drove a certain Native American tribe to claim Kennewick Man and deny him to the Smithsonian, or the Chinese to decapitate Uighur mummies with caucasoid skull types.