A sad, constant bid for attention

[pony_trekker]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
This is an article about a woman who tired to sell a mummy on eBay. Maybe I'm too morbid, or possibly not morbid enough, but I don't see why it's even an issue that requires writing about. It's an old skeleton, with some mummified flesh. No one has a clue who it is, no one is particularly attached to the person it once was, and it may have some value to someone else.

People used to bring back mummies by the boat load from Egypt in Victorian times. Collectors would prop them in the living room as a conversation piece. I'm not seeing that this is that big of a deal.

Is it illegal to possess unknown human remains?

ETA: A friend of mine makes art using human remains that he gets from funeral homes. People's get left there for decades, and eventually the funeral homes dispose of the remains. I suppose that one could not sell one of his paintings on ebay. (If you click on the link, each color in a painting is from a different person. I think it's pretty cool, but then I'm either too morbid or not morbid enough.)

Please take this out of the food threads.