{"product_id":"9781526185525-mummified","title":"Mummified","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Stories Behind Egyptian Mummies in Museums\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMummified \u003c\/i\u003eexplores 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe unsettling stories of how Egyptian mummies came to be held in British and French museums.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe all know what a mummy is – or do we? In \u003ci\u003eMummified, \u003c\/i\u003eAngela Stienne explores the little-known stories behind the Ancient Egyptian remains displayed in British and French museums.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking the reader on a journey between Egypt, Paris and London, Stienne exposes a murky world of grave-robbing, theft and callously treated human remains. Mummies have been unrolled in public, dissected for race studies and even eaten for their supposed health-giving properties. But does the fact they are thousands of years old mean they can be treated as objects, or do we owe them the same respect we would any other human body?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInvestigating matters of life and death and the ethics of collection and display, \u003ci\u003eMummified \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a fresh perspective on these ancient bodies, which have fascinated Europeans for centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58841249841526,"sku":"9781526185525","price":15.42,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34670635.jpg?v=1790655794","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526185525-mummified","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}