British museums recommend that you avoid saying “mummy” and use “mummified remains”

British museums shift 'mummy' language to 'mummified persons' to honor dead

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.

Don't say 'mummy': Why some British museums are rebranding ancient Egyptian remains

Some British museums are rebranding ancient Egyptian "mummies," instead calling them "mummified people" to emphasize that they once lived.

Don't say 'mummy': Why museums are rebranding ancient Egyptian remains

Issy Ronald, CNN     (CNN) -- They are among the most popular exhibits in museums worldwide, with a name so resonant, blockbuster films have been built on it. But some museums in Britain are now using words other than "mummy" to describe their displays of ancient Egyptian human remains. Instead, they are starting to adopt terms such as "mummified person"

British museums recommend that you avoid saying “mummy” and use “mummified remains”

The word, its critics say, has colonial reminiscences or is more associated with a fictional monster

Don't say 'mummy': Why museums are rebranding ancient Egyptian remains

They are among the most popular exhibits in museums worldwide, with a name so resonant, blockbuster films have been built on it.

The British Museum will stop using the word 'mummy' to be more respectful: now they will say 'mummified person'

One of the main attractions of London is the British Museum, and in it, the enormous amount of works of art and mummies from Ancient Egypt. But starting from to