[CGASMIA68]

PC makes it to museums...Nat Geo mag is doomed

[Resolute Conservative]

No doubt muzzies.

[reagan_fanatic]

They must have heard Bill Clinton was on his way for a visit.

[Unlikely Hero]

I didn’t know John Ashcroft was a Egyptologist.

[messierhunter]

I don't know about the visitors, but personally I wouldn't want my scrawny, unclothed, rotten body permanently exposed in a museum for tourists to see for a hundred years or more. Respecting the interests of the scientists and public is all well and good, but what about the dead guy?

Sorry, had to play devil's advocate ;).

[Veto!]

Not nearly as horrid as our very own Smithsonian refusing an exhibit extolling the American Dream offeredas a gift to the museum by very wealthy self-made people. Smithie is big on slavery exhibits though.

[colorado tanker]

IIRC, the ancient Egyptians were quite comfortable with nudity and diaphanous clothing.

[Malsua]

Oooh, baby, I just loved dried up 2700 year old husks. Mmmm...mmmm.

[mass55th]

Then they’d better start covering up the various bog bodies in museums, and Otzi, the iceman.

[BlueStateBlues]

Darn, just when they were ready for the June “Dead Mummy Lovers” centerfold.

[philled]

Well, I guess the upside of this is that more museums are going to be able to afford a mummy exhibit. I mean, an old manequin, a bed sheet to cover it, and a sign that says “MUMMY” is considerably less expensive than a 2,700 relic that has to be concealed, anyway.

[weegee]

The deceased were never ASKED if they wanted to be put on public display for money naked.

It isn’t always about prudes. It can also be able showing disrespect for a corpse.

[Smokin' Joe]

There is no need to display the mummies nude. What is the point?

I was incensed enough when long deceased relatives of mine were pried from their coffins beneath the floor of the Chapel at St. Mary's City, MD and shown naked on TV. My mother was horrified.

A little decency goes a long way, and it is not necessary to show the parts of a human corpse on display, (be it media or in a glass case), we would not want to show ourselves walking down the street.