Egypt
Manchester Evening News (Ben Rooth)
See the above for more.
Previous posts on the subject are at:
http://egypt--devology.blogspot.com/2008/08/covering-mummies-summary-of-discussion.html
http://egypt--devology.blogspot.com/2008/07/mummies-cover-up-reversed-at-manchester.html
The second of those two links contains links to other previous posts on the subject.
- More Re Manchester Mummies
Thanks very much to Bob Partridge (editor of Ancient Egypt magazine) for copying me in on an update re the Manchester mummies. As I reported on on August 4th the Manchester mummies, which were covered up in May pending the outcome of a consultation re...
- More Re Manchester Museum Decision To Cover Mummies
Egypt at the Manchester Museum A new post on the Manchester Museum weblog has provided an update about the next steps that the museum's management are planning to take: The Director of the Manchester Museum, Nick Merriman, at the staff Director’s...
- More Re Decision To Cover Manchester Mummies
The decision by Manchester Museum to cover the ancient Egyptian mummies that it has on display has now come to the attention of the UK's national media. Here are a few of the reports that have come out. BBC News On its website, the museum said the...
- Covering The Mummies
Egypt at the Manchester Museum Blog I stumbled across this blog more or less by accident. I had no idea that it existed, but it looks like a very good idea. The same sort of thing has been set up and maintained by several U.S. universities, which have...
- Covering Mummies
The fine people at the Manchester Museum have covered their mummies out of respect apparently. I certainly agree with the repatriation of human remains that are not on display but that does not mean hiding them that means reburial. The mummies on display...
Egypt
More re Manchester Museum survey
Manchester Evening News (Ben Rooth)
A MUSEUM is asking visitors whether they want an important collection of mummies to be covered up or left as they were originally intended.
The initiative is part of an on-going consultation at Manchester Museum to discover how people want the artefacts to be displayed in its ancient Egypt gallery.
Museum bosses launched the consultation last year after the venue, in Oxford Road, covered up three unwrapped mummies sparking accusations of 'political correctness'.
Two months after the cover-up bosses did a u-turn and left one of the exhibits partially unwrapped in its original display state, while another was left partially covered, leaving its head, hands and feet exposed.
Curator of archaeology Bryan Sitch said that the consultation is due to finish this summer.
He said: "We've been getting a whole spectrum of opinion about the mummies.
"Many people think that it's important to keep the ancient Egyptian mummies on full display in the state that they were originally left.
"Others think that they should be covered in some way as a mark of respect towards them.
"Whatever happens, it is important that people can enter the gallery and view all the various components of the Egyptian collection.
See the above for more.
Previous posts on the subject are at:
http://egypt--devology.blogspot.com/2008/08/covering-mummies-summary-of-discussion.html
http://egypt--devology.blogspot.com/2008/07/mummies-cover-up-reversed-at-manchester.html
The second of those two links contains links to other previous posts on the subject.
- More Re Manchester Mummies
Thanks very much to Bob Partridge (editor of Ancient Egypt magazine) for copying me in on an update re the Manchester mummies. As I reported on on August 4th the Manchester mummies, which were covered up in May pending the outcome of a consultation re...
- More Re Manchester Museum Decision To Cover Mummies
Egypt at the Manchester Museum A new post on the Manchester Museum weblog has provided an update about the next steps that the museum's management are planning to take: The Director of the Manchester Museum, Nick Merriman, at the staff Director’s...
- More Re Decision To Cover Manchester Mummies
The decision by Manchester Museum to cover the ancient Egyptian mummies that it has on display has now come to the attention of the UK's national media. Here are a few of the reports that have come out. BBC News On its website, the museum said the...
- Covering The Mummies
Egypt at the Manchester Museum Blog I stumbled across this blog more or less by accident. I had no idea that it existed, but it looks like a very good idea. The same sort of thing has been set up and maintained by several U.S. universities, which have...
- Covering Mummies
The fine people at the Manchester Museum have covered their mummies out of respect apparently. I certainly agree with the repatriation of human remains that are not on display but that does not mean hiding them that means reburial. The mummies on display...