A Jan. 23 Facebook post post (direct link, archived link) claims the British Museum has implemented a new rule about the way it discusses mummies. “The British Museum has tragically succumbed to ...

As the British Museum noted in a statement to CNN, the change isn’t a total ban on the word “mummy,” which is still used in the museum’s galleries. Nevertheless, a spate of online ...

At the British Museum, the word “mummy” has not been banned as previously suggested and is still used in signs and across the galleries. But the new exhibits reflect the new term of ...

in terms of the use of the word 'mummy,' I think that's been more recent," Daniel Antoine, keeper of the department for Egypt and Sudan at London's British Museum, told CNN. "We have human remains ...

"The word ‘mummy’ is not incorrect ... beliefs about how their bodies should be treated after death." The British Museum in London rebutted a claim by the Daily Mail that they had banned ...

A mummy of an Egyptian woman dating back to 700 A.D. has been scanned and stripped to reveal a tattoo on her thigh that displays the name of the biblical archangel Michael. Read more The grave of ...

Widespread claims that the British Museum has prohibited use of the term “mummy” in its exhibitions are untrue, according to the institution. Social media users shared posts claiming that the ...