MUMMIFIED: THE STORIES BEHIND EGYPTIAN MUMMIES/ MUSEUMS (PB)

We all know what a mummy is – or do we? Angela Stienne explores the little-known stories behind the ancient Egyptian remains displayed in British and French museums. 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. 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?