Back in medieval and early modern times, doctors regularly prescribed mummy scrapings as a cure-all, believing that the ...

Glasgow museums removed ancient Egyptian mummies from display over consent concerns, citing a revised code of ethics on human ...

Sabu and Ptahshepses’s tombs had originally been discovered between 1858 and 1860 by French archaeologist Auguste Mariette, ...

Egyptian mummy known as the Braided Lady, taken from Egypt in 1860, reveals preserved organs, worn teeth and clues to her ...

ONE of Scotland’s most prestigious museums has removed mummified remains from public view – as a ‘mark of respect’. Human ...

"The removal of human remains from display at Glasgow Life museums reflects contemporary museum practice," a spokesperson ...

Bosses at one of Scotland's most popular museums are at the centre of a 'woke' row after removing mummies from display ...

The decision by two Scottish museums to remove all human remains, such as mummies in their Egyptian displays, was due to a lack of consent from the deceased. According to the Museums Association, ...

From the Austrian mountains to Japanese temples, mummification has a surprisingly wide and varied history, as Dr Russell Moul ...

This museum's approach to displaying human remains is raising questions about respect for the dead and how museums should ...

Researchers discovered an ancient Egyptian mummy encased in a repair shell of mud and straw beneath linen wrappings. CT scans ...