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Mummies have had a bad wrap – it's time for a reassessment

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imagePopular in the 18th century were events at which mummies were dissected by doctors and passed around the audience to be touched, smelt and tasted. Mummymania installation view.Jodie Hutchinson

As far as crowd-pleasers go, it’s hard to beat mummies. When Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs opened at the Melbourne Museum in 2011, it...

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