English Language Broadcast - A new code of ethics for Spain's museums and their mummies - 13/03/25 4ky6z

Respect for the dead is something that has always been a part of human society, but whose dead do we respect? Which dead? And how do we respect them? In Spain, a discussion surrounding the displaying of human remains in museums has been gently snowballing over the past few years. Just last month, Spain's National Archeology Museum withdrew 'the guanche mummy' from display. The mummy is believed to date from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries AD, and belongs to a man between 30 and 34 years. For now, it has been removed from public display and the museum has no plans to return it to the public any time soon... The State Museums released a t report on the day it removed the mummy from display... A letter of commitment to the ethical treatment of human remains. And in today's broadcast, we hope to get into the ethics and new rules surrounding the display of human remains, with the President of the International Council of Museums here in Spain, María Auxiliadora Llamas. Escuchar audio 2j1g1o