"Ancestral remains should no longer be displayed in UK museums, say MPs"

A parliamentary group has published a report called Laying Ancestors to Rest. It condemns the sale of human remains and their display.

The report is mostly concerned with colonial crimes and wants law changes that allow national museums to repatriate remains they hold.

You can read the article here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/12/ancestral-remains-should-no-longer-be-displayed-in-uk-museums-say-mps

How do we feel about this out there?

“Woody,” “spicy” and “sweet.” These are not words you would expect to hear describing the smell of an Egyptian mummy. And yet, it is how researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science experienced it. @AssociatedPress has more:

https://flip.it/RKzzWm

Mummies run amok on Monster Mondays this week as Geoff looks at the 1981 low budget flick Dawn of the Mummy!

Check out the new episode at https://on.soundcloud.com/iXsrhypk59BLqBbo7

Pagan Community Notes for Oct 3, 2024:

In this week’s Pagan Community Notes, Western Carolina Pagans help the community, Everglades Moon Local Council releases a statement in support of the Haitian community, upcoming event including EBSAT, Pagan Prides, Twilight Covening, and Hecate’s Sickle next month, and yes, we have been friends w/cheeses a long time.

https://wildhunt.org/2024/10/pagan-community-notes-week-of-october-3-2024.html

Strange Rocks Clinging to Mummies Could Be World's Oldest Cheese

Many of us will have expired foodstuffs sitting forgotten in the back of our fridges and cupboards, but nothing is going to come close to the nearly 3,600-year-old cheese samples discovered clinging to mummified bodies in northwest China.

Well...ewww. I guess it's well-aged cheese?

#China #mummies #cheese

https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-rocks-clinging-to-mummies-could-be-worlds-oldest-cheese