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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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Death: the last taboo
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/Death is a process rather than an event. Learn more about the process and the many natural and human processes that occur after our death.
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Virtual autopsy
https://australian.museum/learn/teachers/learning/virtual-autopsy/Follow a human autopsy process from start to finish including an external examination, opening the body, viewing internal organs, removing the organs and weighing them, removing the brain, replacing all organs and closing the body.
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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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Burial - Madagascar
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/burial-madagascar/Throughout Madagascar, great significance is placed on ancestors, who watch over all aspects of daily life and ensure the continuity and unity of the family and community. Ancestor spirits reside in the north-east corner of the home and in the family tomb, reflecting a strong belief in life after
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Disposing of the dead - Burial
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/disposing-of-the-dead-burial/The word burial comes from the Anglo-Saxon word birgan, meaning to conceal. The earliest archaeological evidence for the deliberate treatment of the dead is in the form of ancient burials. In some cultures, the dead were buried in cemeteries as it was illegal to bring the dead into cities.
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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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Mourning - Jewish mourning
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/mourning-jewish-mourning/Find out how a Jewish person is prepared for burial and how their mourners are expected to behave during the mourning period.
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Defining death
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/defining-death/There are three main ways that death can be defined: legally, culturally or clinically. Find out what criteria are used to determine the moment of death.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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Wansolmoana
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Burra
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