Multiple British museums are changing their language when referring to mummies, referring to them as “mummified persons,” or the name of the historical figure, to pay more respect to the dead. The ...

It sounds like the beginnings of a detective tale: researchers in the UK recently scanned 300 animal mummies from Egypt only to discover that a full third held no bodies. Instead of bones, they found ...

A Jan. 23 Facebook post post (direct link, archived link) claims the British Museum has implemented a new rule about the way it discusses mummies. “The British Museum has tragically succumbed to ...

Being of possession of valuable historical treasures is not a passive activity, the British Museum shows in its new exhibition Ancient Lives, New Discoveries. Some of the Egyptian and Sudanese mummies ...

Widespread claims that the British Museum has prohibited use of the term “mummy” in its exhibitions are untrue, according to the institution. Social media users shared posts claiming that the British ...