grave-robbing
Stealing buried remains
Grave-robbing is the practice of digging up corpses or stealing from burial sites.
Historically, bodies were taken to sell to medical schools for dissection, and valuables were plundered from tombs.
The term extends to any violation of the dead for profit: The museum was accused of grave-robbing ancient burial grounds.
Also spelled grave robbing.
Theft during disorder
- desecrationViolating something sacred
- trespassUnauthorized entry onto property
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
- theftUnlawful taking of property
black-market · smuggling · felony · prosecution · vandalism · plunder · pillage · ghoulish
Act of unearthing
- antiquitiesHistorical objects from ages past
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
- mummiesPreserved wrapped bodies
sarcophagus · tomb · burial · necropolis · catacombs · pyramids · pharaohs · repatriation
Body for dissection
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- anatomyStudy of organism structure
- resurrectionistsThose who exhume corpses illegally
- corpseDeceased human body
looting
Theft during disorder
- desecrationViolating something sacred
- trespassUnauthorized entry onto property
- burglaryIllegal entry to commit crime
theft · black-market · smuggling · felony · prosecution · vandalism · plunder · pillage · ghoulish · profanation
excavation
Act of unearthing
- antiquitiesHistorical objects from ages past
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- relicsPreserved items from antiquity
mummies · sarcophagus · tomb · burial · necropolis · catacombs · pyramids · pharaohs · repatriation · provenance
cadaver
Body for dissection
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- anatomyStudy of organism structure
- resurrectionistsThose who exhume corpses illegally
grave-robbingburial
Placing deceased underground
interment · entombment · grave tending · laying to rest · sepulture
grave-robbingancestor worship
Religious honoring of forebears
grave tending · burial rites · laying flowers · mourning rituals
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