Featured artefacts from The British Museum’s world-famous collection include the double-headed serpent of the Aztecs, the ...

A spokesperson for the British Museum said the museum still uses the term "mummy," and has no plan to stop doing so.

What is it? When the British Museum opened in 1759 it was the first national museum to be open to the public anywhere in the world. It was free to visit (and still is) so that any ‘studious and ...

The museum is more than a mummy mausoleum, of course. The Rosicrucian Order, AMORC — more on the mysterious New Age-y organization later — does not display all of its unearthed treasures but ...

Some museums in Britain are now using words other than "mummy" to describe their displays of ancient Egyptian human remains.

EXPERTS AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM TOLD THE PAPER THERE IS LITTLE DOUBT THE WORD HAD BEEN WRITTEN BY THE QUEEN. THE DOCUMENT CONTAINS A PROMISE OF LUCRATIVE TAX BREAKS FOR PUBLIUS CANIDIUS, A POWERFUL ...

Multiple British museums are changing their language when referring to mummies, referring to them as "mummified persons," or the name of the historical figure, to pay more respect to the dead. The ...

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

With unprecedented access to the British Museum’s collection, Civilisations: Rise and Fall makes the case that museums are more relevant than ever: they are repositories of human memory, time ...

The British Museum is a working organisation carrying out research and conservation and that’s reflected in the breadth of the collection and how it’s displayed.