Showing respect in the house of the dead: Australian museum removes mummified human remains
Only fully covered Ancient Egyptian mummified remains will remain on display in the Egyptian Gallery of Sydney University’s Chau Chak Wing Museum
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Only fully covered Ancient Egyptian mummified remains will remain on display in the Egyptian Gallery of Sydney University’s Chau Chak Wing Museum
Egyptian mummified body parts will be returned to the University of Sydney's Museum store ina move aboout ethics
The Chau Chak Wing museum will remove fragments of mummified bodies from display and will change the “colonial” name of its Mummy Room.
This week, the Australian Museum (AM) gave a teaser to its $2.6 billion 'Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs', scheduled to open in November.
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