Divine origins of Japan's imperial family under scrutiny

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Archaeologists granted access to Japan's sacred tombs

 

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The divine origins of Japan's imperial family come under scrutiny as it allows limited access to two burial sites.

 

Japan's imperial household agency is to open the doors to some of the country's mysterious imperial tombs early next year after decades of pressure from archaeologists, in a move expected to anger ultra-conservatives.

 

Experts have long been denied access to the hundreds of imperial mausoleums and tombs, which the agency regards as not so much cultural relics as sacred religious sites.

 

Some historians, however, put the agency's reticence down to fears that close inspection of the burial mounds could unearth evidence that shatters commonly accepted theories about the origins of the Japanese imperial family.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,,2173401,00.html

 

Surely it won't shatter my belief of their god-like status?