A Scottish museum is under fire for removing a mummy due to a lack of consent.
\n\nThe museum in question is Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, which has removed its Egyptian mummy exhibition due to lack of “consent from the deceased individual.”
\n\nThere is a sign in place of the coffin which reads, “We have removed human remains from this display as a mark of respect.”
\n\nThe items removed include a coffin with the remains of Nekht, a priest, a mummified right hand recovered from the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt, and a mummified male head and right foot.
\n\nScottish Tory culture spokesman Murdo Fraser said of the move, “This is woke madness at its most ridiculous.”
\n\n“Even Egyptian mummies are now being cancelled by a society so obsessed with modern sensibilities that it has lost all sense of perspective,” he said, adding, “People visit museums to learn about ancient civilizations, not to see history hidden away because it fails to meet today’s ideological standards.”
\n\nOne social media user posted a picture of the sign, noting that his daughter was interested in the ancient Egyptians so they took her to the museum to experience the exhibit. To…
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