Saturday, May 24, 2008

It's under that sheet...

Have you seen the story about Manchester Museum deciding to completely cover the unwrapped bodies of Egyptian mummies, following complaints from some people that it is offensive to display them "naked". Quite apart from the fact that these bodies have apparently been on display for over 100 years with no problem, it does of course mean that the Museum now has a class of what you might call "non-exhibited-exhibits" - things which are there on display, but covered up so you can't actually see them. Very Monty Python!

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