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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

British Museum. A Guide to the First and Second Egyptian Rooms. Mummies, Mummy-Cases, and other Objects connected with the Funeral Rites of the Ancient Egyptians. By E. A. Wallis Budge ...