Mummified

Mummified explores the curious, unsettling and controversial cases of mummies held in French and British museums. From powdered mummies eaten as medicine to mummies unrolled in public, dissected for racial studies and DNA-tested in modern laboratories, there is a lot more to these ancient remains than first meets the eye.

Autorentext

Dr Angela Stienne is a cultural historian, museum researcher and storyteller. She is the founder of Mummy Stories, an online platform inviting the public to engage with questions of ethics in museums.

Inhalt
Introduction by John J. JohnstonPrologue1 The mummy as medicine, the mummy in medicine2 The displayed mummy, the displaced body3 Mummies buried in a garden, and other incidents4 The mummys foot5 Mummies unrolled6 The white mummy7 The white mummy returns8 The mummy of the futureEpilogueSuggested further readingBibliographyIndex