Museums Raided Tombs?

American Voices

November 30, 2005 | ISSUE 41•48

Thousands of artifacts that have been taken from tombs around the world often make their way to prestigious museums. What do you think?

Well, it would certainly explain the recent upsurge in mummy-curse-related murders at the Met.

Megan Crawford
Systems Analyst
That must be why Getty director Dr. Michael Brand was digging up my mom's corpse last week. It doesn’t explain why he was fucking it, though.

Michael Dougan
Pharmacist
Look, I'm a realist. I just don't believe in all this superstitious nonsense about 'archaeology' and 'museums.'

Tyler Soria
Loan Officer

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The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 30-0 to cut aid to Pakistan by $33 million after the country’s government arrested and sentenced a doctor who tipped off the United States to Osama bin Laden's location.
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Fifteen months after Egyptian ruler Hosni Mubarak was deposed, Egyptians voted in their first-ever free presidential elections.