Woke nonsense: Museum slammed for stupidity and ignorance after removing mummy over its lack of consent

Dead man “wokeing.”Mummies might not curse defilers from the afterlife, but that doesn’t mean you should display their remains, apparently.A Scottish museum has been branded “woke” after reportedly removing a museum’s mummies because the individuals hadn’t given their consent.Indeed, visitors to Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum will notice new signs at certain exhibits declaring that curators “removed human remains from this display as a mark of respect,” the Telegraph reported.The so-called canceled artifacts included a mummified male head, a mummified foot, a mummified right hand recovered from the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt and the remains of a priest called Nekt.Glasgow Life, a publicly funded non-profit that oversees the Scottish city’s cultural institutions, claimed that the unorthodox move “reflects contemporary museum practice,” the Daily Mail reported.“The International Council of Museums’ revised Code of Ethics, published in June 2026, states that museums ‘should uphold the inherent dignity of human remains and promote respect for their significance,'” a spokesperson declared.

“Glasgow Life Museums’ draft Human Remains Policy proposes that human remains should only be displayed where there is documented and informed consent from the deceased individual or, in appropriate circumstances, their descendants.”They added, “In the absence of such consent, we believe removing ancient Egyptian human remains from display is more respectful to the deceased individuals.”Culture vultures were appalled at this alleged desecration.“I really struggle to see who benefits from this, or how it’s showing anyone more respect,” vented one X poster, while another fumed, “The HR-ification of our society is infuriating.”A third wrote, “The museum sector is ideologically possessed these days.[I] walked around a museum in Bath recently and every sign had a second sign under it where some victim group pert...