I think the impulse to identify burial customs you’re unfamiliar with as “cursed” is sort of a racist impulse even when it’s applied to Western European cultures that are too far back in the past to be recognizable. Is there really any human culture that is SO alien to us that we have to explain their behavior with Curses and Ancient Evils? Or do people have shifting cultural norms about the handling of human remains, which may lead a tomb to be a site of reverence for generations and later be sealed? Are human bones INHERENTLY CREEPY? Human bones in a grave? A grave is like the number one most statistically likely place to find human bones!














