"Don't say 'mummy': Why museums are rebranding ancient Egyptian remains"
"They are among the most popular exhibits in museums worldwide, with a
name so resonant, blockbuster films have been built on it.
But some museums in Britain are now using words other than "mummy" to
describe their displays of ancient Egyptian human remains.
Instead, they are starting to adopt terms such as "mummified person" or
to use the individual's name to emphasize that they were once living people.
Using different language to describe these human remains can also
distance them from the depiction of mummies in popular culture, which
has tended to "undermine their humanity" through "legends about the
mummy's curse" and by portraying them as "supernatural monsters," Jo
Anderson, assistant keeper of archaeology at the Great North Museum:
Hancock in Newcastle, northeast England, wrote in a blog posted in May
2021 that outlined her museum's language change."
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/mummies-museums-name-change-intl-scli-scn/index.html
"Mark Twain reported in his 1869 travelogue The Innocents Abroad
(Hartford, Conn.) that mummies were burned like coal to produce steam on
the rail line from Cairo to Alexandria (176–77). Entrepreneurs imported
mummy rags to make paper in the United States."
https://www.ajaonline.org/book-review/1184#:~:text=Mark%20Twain%20reported%20in%20his,paper%20in%20the%20United%20States.
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