Pompeii/Herculaneum: reconstruction/preservation: ethical issues

Question 1

display:

Answer 1

• insensitive to certain cultures, offensive and no warning (casts placed anywhere)
• replaced with replicas, unknown to public however
• out of context: past used to pose or just dumped together
• should respect the dead, not display
• used to attract visitors
• HOW displayed: open or simple glass box with no climate control: damage
• should they be given proper burial: no evidence

Question 2

study:

Answer 2

• does infomation collected outweigh the damage and evasiveness of bodies
• testing needs to constantly move bodies, remove samples
• WHO is allowed to study? now all must give proposal first