Egypt
A call has gone out for a terminally ill person to give their body to be mummified in the Egyptian manner for a television show. There is hope that afterward the mummified corpse will be put on display in a museum.
- "mummifying Alan" Wins Tv Award
This Is South Devon A documentary which used the corpse of a recently deceased Westcountry taxi driver to illustrate how ancient Egyptians mummified bodies, has won a BAFTA. Alan Billis, a taxi driver from Torquay, volunteered for the programme after...
- Rare Egyptian Coffin Identified In Torquay Museum
BBC News With photos. A coffin on display at a museum in Devon is a rare 3,500-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus, it has emerged. Torquay Museum were unaware of the coffin's significance until an expert from Bristol University identified it as one of...
- Halloween Party To Welcome 'child Mummy'
Courier Press The Evansville Museum will throw a Halloween welcome party Saturday for its newest guest, a 2,000-year-old baby mummy. A family public opening for the new show, "The Child Mummy," will run from noon to 2 p.m. in the museum, where the exhibition...
- Donating Your Body For An Experiment In Mummification
Reality Wanted Here's hoping that this doesn't seriously offend anyone. Have you ever considered leaving behind a long lasting legacy by donating your body to science? If so, we are seeking someone who would like to be the subject of a scientific...
- Where Is The Dignity In The Display Of This Corpse?
Independent (Philip Hensher) It is interesting to note that in all the 100s of repetitive articles and posts alerting us to the fact that the body of Tutankhamun went on display this month (revealing his face to onlookers for the first time), so very...
Egypt
Volunteer for Mummification
A call has gone out for a terminally ill person to give their body to be mummified in the Egyptian manner for a television show. There is hope that afterward the mummified corpse will be put on display in a museum.
- "mummifying Alan" Wins Tv Award
This Is South Devon A documentary which used the corpse of a recently deceased Westcountry taxi driver to illustrate how ancient Egyptians mummified bodies, has won a BAFTA. Alan Billis, a taxi driver from Torquay, volunteered for the programme after...
- Rare Egyptian Coffin Identified In Torquay Museum
BBC News With photos. A coffin on display at a museum in Devon is a rare 3,500-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus, it has emerged. Torquay Museum were unaware of the coffin's significance until an expert from Bristol University identified it as one of...
- Halloween Party To Welcome 'child Mummy'
Courier Press The Evansville Museum will throw a Halloween welcome party Saturday for its newest guest, a 2,000-year-old baby mummy. A family public opening for the new show, "The Child Mummy," will run from noon to 2 p.m. in the museum, where the exhibition...
- Donating Your Body For An Experiment In Mummification
Reality Wanted Here's hoping that this doesn't seriously offend anyone. Have you ever considered leaving behind a long lasting legacy by donating your body to science? If so, we are seeking someone who would like to be the subject of a scientific...
- Where Is The Dignity In The Display Of This Corpse?
Independent (Philip Hensher) It is interesting to note that in all the 100s of repetitive articles and posts alerting us to the fact that the body of Tutankhamun went on display this month (revealing his face to onlookers for the first time), so very...