'We're stepping back from this desire to unwrap,' says Price, adding that they hope to 'flip the narrative' by refocusing the attention 'from the inside – what we expect we have the right to see – on to the outside – what the Ancient Egyptians expected people to see.' Scans of the mummies were included while the show was on tour – but have now been removed (which involved reworking information displays at some cost), to reflect Manchester Museum's new thinking about how to present such sensitive artefacts. And now Campbell Price, the curator, is on something of a mission: to change how we think and talk about mummies.įor starters, and rather unusually these days, they are not including any X-rays or CT scans of the human remains below the wrappings there is no bio-medical speculation on how old these people were when they passed away or how they died. The show has arrived home in Manchester after touring North America and China while the museum was shut for refurbishment. It includes eight mummies dating from the Graeco-Roman period (300BC to 300AD), brought to Britain by archaeologist Flinders Petrie, following his 1888– excavations of a huge necropolis at Hawara, in the Faiyum region south of Cairo. But not only is she worrying if, at forty-two, she could actually get up off a bean bag with dignity, she’s also somehow (accidentally) rebranded herself as a single party girl who works hard, plays hard and doesn’t have to run out when the nanny calls in sick.Manchester Museum in the north of England reopened last month after a £15m redevelopment project – and their free opening exhibition, Golden Mummies of Egypt, showcases their incredible Egyptology collection. Mummy has also found herself a new challenge, working for a hot new tech start-up. Only Judgy, the Proud and Noble Terrier, remains loyal as always. Mummy’s marriage is feeling the strain, her kids are running wild and the house is steadily developing a forest of mould. The Boy Child Peter is connected to his iPad by an umbilical cord, The Girl Child Jane is desperate to make her fortune as an Instagram lifestyle influencer, while Daddy is constantly off on exotic business trips…

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