The University of Sydney's Chau Chak Wing Museum has removed the human remains from its Egyptian galleries, about 300 of which have been on display at a time.
largest permanent collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities has removed its unwrapped mummified body parts from public display, citing ethical and community concerns.Chau Chak Wing Museum has removed the human remains from its Egyptian galleries, about 300 of which have been on display at a time.
The museum said the remains and other items will be taken to its collection store while it updates its approach to such displays with Egyptian communities and authorities, however two mummified bodies named Meruah and Horus will remain available for public viewing. "We have become so accustomed to seeing them on show that we often forget they once belonged to living people."She said the decision to remove the body parts came on the back of significant research into cultural and ethical attitudes towards their display, including focus groups with members of the Australian-Egyptian community.
"The word mummy derives from the Arabic word mūmiya, meaning bitumen, which refers to how a mummified body looked after resins were applied," Pitkin said.The museum is home to Australia's largest permanent collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. "In renaming the room we'd like to focus more on the transformation of the body into an eternal being, which is the whole point of mummification, rather than the body itself.
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