Mummified: The Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums - Hardcover
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Manchester University PressISBN-13:9781526161895ISBN-10:1526161893UPC:9781526161895Book Category:Art, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Museum Studies, Europe, Death & DyingBook Topic:FranceSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC90FDNKBB
The unsettling stories of how Egyptian mummies came to be held in British and French museums.
We all know what a mummy is - or do we? In Mummified, Angela Stienne explores the little-known stories behind the Ancient Egyptian remains displayed in British and French museums. Taking the reader on a journey between Egypt, Paris and London, Stienne exposes a murky world of grave-robbing, theft and black-market deals over human remains. Mummies have been unrolled in public, dissected for race studies and even eaten for their supposed health-giving properties. But does the fact they are thousands of years old mean they can be treated as objects, or do we owe them the same respect we would any other human body? Investigating matters of life and death and the ethics of collection and display, Mummified offers a fresh perspective on these ancient bodies, which have fascinated Europeans for centuries.Languages:EnglishPublisher:Manchester University PressISBN-13:9781526161895ISBN-10:1526161893UPC:9781526161895Book Category:Art, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Museum Studies, Europe, Death & DyingBook Topic:FranceSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SC90FDNKBB
Dr Angela Stienne is a cultural historian, museum researcher and storyteller. In 2016 she created the website Mummy Stories, which aims to reshape the discussion around human remains in museums by collecting people's stories of their own encounters.
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