A German film crew have been in the Museum this week, filming the mummy of Asru with
Professor Rosalie David for a short film to be shown in October on German TV, and also to make footage for a longer film on phramacy and medicine in ancient Egypt, showing how the analysis of mummies can help [...]
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FIlming Asru at The Manchester Museum
Posted in Curator's Diary, Egyptian mummies on September 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Uncovering the mummies: Monday 4th August 2008
Posted in Egyptian mummies on July 29, 2008 | 11 Comments »
On Monday 4th August the temporary covering will be removed from the mummy known as Khary, Asru will have her fa
ce and feet revealed, and the covered child mummy will be removed from display in advance of returning to the institution that loaned it.
We would like to hear your thoughts on ways of displaying Egyptian [...]
Covering the mummies: summary of discussion and Museum response
Posted in Egyptian mummies on July 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Many thanks to all of you who contributed to the discussion on the covering of the mummies at the Manchester Museum in April 2008. Below is a summary of the main issues raised and the Museum’s response. Apologies for the length of the posting!
The discussion on the blog, http://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com in response to the posting on [...]
June 16th – Covering the mummies, update
Posted in Egyptian mummies on June 16, 2008 | 7 Comments »
The Human Remains panel met last week and recommended a number of proposals for the display of the Egyptian human remains. The recommendations will be tabled at the next Museum management (Strategy) meeting for approval. The proposal is that the human remains on the gallery will be displayed in a number of different ways (covered, partially covered, [...]
Covering the mummies – curator’s update, Monday 2nd June 2008
Posted in Egyptian mummies on June 2, 2008 | 19 Comments »
The Director of the Manchester Museum, Nick Merriman, at the staff Director’s Update in the Museum this morning, reported on the ongoing response to the covering of the three unwrapped or partially unwrapped mummies on the gallery. The response to the covering, on the gallery comment cards, in the media and on this blog, will [...]
Covering the mummies
Posted in Egyptian mummies on May 6, 2008 | 165 Comments »
Last week, the unwrapped mummy of Asru, and the partially wrapped mummy of Khary, and the loaned child mummy from Stonyhurst College, were covered. The covering was carried out in order that the human remains be treated with respect and to keep the bodies on display in line with the Manchester Museum Human Remains policy (http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/reportspolicies/fileuploadmax10mb,120796,en.pdf). [...]
