{"id":18325,"date":"2022-09-27T11:20:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T09:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=216441"},"modified":"2022-09-28T10:42:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T08:42:22","slug":"should-mummies-be-on-display","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/should-mummies-be-on-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Should mummies be on display?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Ellie Cawthorne\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 27 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Is it strange that we go to museums to look at dead bodies? Angela Stienne\u2019s book, <em>Mummified,<\/em> explores some of the ethical issues around displaying ancient Egyptian human remains. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, she explains how many Egyptian mummies ended up in European museums, and delves into current debates over how they should be displayed and treated.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-216441-2&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/mummies-617d904.mp3?_=2&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/mummies-617d904.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2022\/09\/mummies-617d904.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><strong>Angela Stienne is the author of <em>Mummified: The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums<\/em> (Manchester University Press, 2022)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/books\/mummified-the-stories-behind-egyptian-mummies-in-museums\/9781526161895&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Mummified-Stories-Egyptian-Mummies-Museums\/dp\/1526161893?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Amazon<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/mummified\/angela-stienne\/9781526161895&quot;\"><strong>Buy now on Waterstones<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ellie Cawthorne Published: Tuesday, 27 September 2022 at 12:00 am Is it strange that we go to museums to look at dead bodies? Angela Stienne\u2019s book, Mummified, explores some of the ethical issues around displaying ancient Egyptian human remains. 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