In a CNET News.com story published yesterday on new technology used in the virtual unwrapping of Sherit, a 2,000-year-old Egyptian child, a museum curator said her team wasn't just producing great science, "they've given Sherit an identity after 2,000 years of anonymity."
"We've brought her back to life," said Lisa Schwappach-Shirriff, of the Rosicrucian museum. "We're resurrected her. Her parents would be thrilled." Click here for full story.
I'd be thrilled too if my daughter were to be dug up and her carcass flayed open in public where anyone with a museum pass can come see her rotting remains.
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