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The Black Death
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-black-death/The Bubonic Plague terrified Sydney in the early 20th century.
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CSI: Egypt
https://australian.museum/visit/whats-on/csi-egypt/Explore science facts and science fiction as Macquarie University bioarchaeologist Professor Ronika Power sits down with self-professed Egyptophile and comedian AJ Lamarque to explore life (and death) on the Nile.
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Lessons from the Dead: Tales of a Bioarchaeologist
https://australian.museum/visit/whats-on/bioarchaeologist-lessons-from-the-dead/We kick off our exclusive Breakfast Behind the Scenes series with Professor Ronika Power from Macquarie University as she shares insights into how her studies of the dead bring life and meaning to Ancient Egypt. Hosted by Dr Jackson Ryan. There will be Auslan interpretation of this event.
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Ancient Egypt, Modern Curatorship
https://australian.museum/visit/whats-on/ancient-egypt-modern-curatorship/Sit down for breakfast with Chau Chak Wing Museum’s Senior Curator of the Nicholson Collection of antiquities and archaeology as she challenges the stereotypes and colonial legacies of museums by returning agency to modern Egyptian communities.
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Digging up the Past: The Tombs of the Pharaoh's Officials
https://australian.museum/visit/whats-on/tombs-pharaohs-officials/Discover the world of Ramesside Egypt with Dr Karin Sowada, archaeologist and Director of the Australian Centre for Egyptology, at this exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse of her life helping to unravel the mysteries of the past.
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Life Beyond Death: The Writing on the Wall
https://australian.museum/visit/whats-on/life-beyond-death/Navigate the afterlife with archaeologist & author Dr Anna-Latifa Mourad-Cizek as she traces Ancient Egyptian funerary practices in this special Breakfast Behind the Scenes.
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Disposing of the dead - Cremation
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/disposing-of-the-dead-cremation/Cremation is the disposal of a corpse by fire. It is an ancient and widespread practice, second only to burial. Some ancient cultures believed that fire was a purifying agent, and that cremation would light the way of the deceased to another world, or to prevent the return of the dead.
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Decomposition - Body Changes
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/decomposition-body-changes/Death begins when the heart stops beating. Deprived of oxygen, a cascade of cellular death commences.
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Who works at a morgue?
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/who-works-at-a-morgue/There are many people who work at an Institute of Forensic Medicine (morgue), from pathologists, to grief counsellors to administration personnel, but there are three main people who are involved in deciding whether an autopsy is carried out or in performing an autopsy.
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Signs of death
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/signs-of-death/Among classical Greek and Roman societies the signs of death were the absence of a heartbeat and breathing, and the onset of putrefaction. In medieval times a candle was held to the mouth - a flicker of the candle was shown as a sign of life.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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Burra
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Wansolmoana
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