To be preserved for future ruling of the world till eternity like Egyptian rulers.
How can he find it easy to refuse?
Let enroll the old fart bastard!
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Channel 4 seeks terminally-ill volunteer to be mummified in TV documentary
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Last updated at 11:40 AM on 11th January 2010
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Channel 4 looks set to become embroiled in another taste row after backing a project which seeks to mummify a terminally-ill volunteer for a TV documentary.
The body of the candidate selected to be embalmed could then end up being displayed in a museum.
If the project goes ahead it will follow a trail of programmes which seek to challenge views on death. Television audiences have been shown an autopsy, carried out by the controversial German anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens, and an on-screen assisted suicide.
Precision process: Egyptians were masters of mummification, but an English scientist believes he has worked out the secrets to embalming
Precision process: Egyptians were masters of mummification, but an English scientist believes he has worked out the secrets to embalming
Gunther von Hagens
Dr Gunther von Hagens at the opening of his Bodyworld exhibition in Manchester. It was Dr von Hagens who carried out the first televised autopsy
SO HOW DID THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS DO IT?
Front View of Statue of Anubis.
Statue of Anubis, who guided the dead to the underworld
The ancient Egyptians believed the preservation of the body after death was essential because it would be needed for the journey to the afterlife, say researchers at the British Museum.
This led to a lengthy and complex mummification process carried out by priests.
The best literary account of the process comes from the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. He recorded that the process took 70 days.
The body was cut open and the interal organs apart from the heart and kidneys removed. These were dried and wrapped and placed in jars close to the sarcophogus (coffin).
The brain was removed by inserting a hook through the nostril and pulling it through the nose. This was then discarded.
Bags of natron salt were then placed inside and outside the body for 40 days until the body was dried out. They body was then cleansed with aromatic oils and wrapped with bandages.
Some of the bodies have been so well preserved that scientists have been able to identify lung cancer and to thanks to CT scans of the mummies.
Channel 4 and production company Fulcrum TV have advertised in magazines for possible candidates to volunteer.
The advert reads: 'We are currently keen to talk to some one who, faced with the knowledge of their own terminal illness and all that it entails, would nonetheless consider undergoing the process of an ancient Egyptian embalming.'
An English scientist claims to have unlocked the secrets of mummification. His efforts at recreating the work of Egyptians will be the subject of the documentary.
Embalming was a common death ritual for 3,000 years, when some cultures believed it was necessary preparation for the afterlife.
The Egyptians were able to 'mummify' bodies for longer than any other civilisation, and are believed to have used resins found only in Burma - more than 4,000 miles from Egypt - in the process.
Fulcrum TV's Richard Belfield told a reporter from the Independent newspaper, posing as a volunteer: 'We would like to film with you over the next few months to understand who you are and what sort of person you are so the viewers get to know you and have a proper emotional response to you.
'It may sound rather macabre but we have mummified a large number of pigs to check that the process worked and it does. We have lined up scientists to support the project and found a place approved by the Human Tissue Authority where the mummification would take place.
'Afterwards one thought was – though this is not obligatory – to put the body in an exhibition in a proper museum so people can properly understand the mummification process. That is something we would be flexible about.
'But we would like to keep the body for two or three years to see that the mummification process worked. Then the normal funeral arrangements could be made.'
He said payment would not be made, but that costs would be covered.
Mr Belfield added: 'The Egyptians were extremely clever organic chemists. Some of the materials they used came from as far afield as Burma and the Far East. One resin they used we know only existed in Burma. One thing we want to explore is how they developed their knowledge of chemistry.'
A Channel 4 spokesman told the newspaper that it had given development funds to Fulcrum. These are used to look into the project's viability. The spokesman added: 'We’re fascinated by the research that is taking place. If the scientists are able to find a willing donor we’d be interested in following the process.
'And if you were to question why we were interested we’d say "If the scientists have solved one of the ancient world’s most enduring mysteries [the process of mummification] it would give us a unique insight into science and Egyptian history and may well prove to have other significant benefits for medical science." '
Preparation for the afterlife: While Egyptians are the best-known exponents of mummification, the process was also popular as far away as Mexico
Preparation for the afterlife: The Egyptians were the best-known exponents of mummification
In recent years there have been several programmes which seek to challenge views on death.
Eight years ago, Dr von Hagens performed an autopsy in front of a theatre audience in East London, the first in public for 170 years.
Wearing a black hat throughout, he cut up the body of a 72-year-old former chain-smoking German alcoholic in front of 500 people.
Before he carried it out he was warned by the Department of Health that he would be breaking the Anatomy Act by holding a post-mortem examination on unlicensed premises.
The autopsy was shown on Channel 4 and resulted in 130 complaints.
How can he find it easy to refuse?
Let enroll the old fart bastard!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...y-ill-person-volunteer-mummified-TV-show.html
Channel 4 seeks terminally-ill volunteer to be mummified in TV documentary
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 11:40 AM on 11th January 2010
* Comments (76)
* Add to My Stories
Channel 4 looks set to become embroiled in another taste row after backing a project which seeks to mummify a terminally-ill volunteer for a TV documentary.
The body of the candidate selected to be embalmed could then end up being displayed in a museum.
If the project goes ahead it will follow a trail of programmes which seek to challenge views on death. Television audiences have been shown an autopsy, carried out by the controversial German anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens, and an on-screen assisted suicide.
Precision process: Egyptians were masters of mummification, but an English scientist believes he has worked out the secrets to embalming
Precision process: Egyptians were masters of mummification, but an English scientist believes he has worked out the secrets to embalming
Gunther von Hagens
Dr Gunther von Hagens at the opening of his Bodyworld exhibition in Manchester. It was Dr von Hagens who carried out the first televised autopsy
SO HOW DID THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS DO IT?
Front View of Statue of Anubis.
Statue of Anubis, who guided the dead to the underworld
The ancient Egyptians believed the preservation of the body after death was essential because it would be needed for the journey to the afterlife, say researchers at the British Museum.
This led to a lengthy and complex mummification process carried out by priests.
The best literary account of the process comes from the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. He recorded that the process took 70 days.
The body was cut open and the interal organs apart from the heart and kidneys removed. These were dried and wrapped and placed in jars close to the sarcophogus (coffin).
The brain was removed by inserting a hook through the nostril and pulling it through the nose. This was then discarded.
Bags of natron salt were then placed inside and outside the body for 40 days until the body was dried out. They body was then cleansed with aromatic oils and wrapped with bandages.
Some of the bodies have been so well preserved that scientists have been able to identify lung cancer and to thanks to CT scans of the mummies.
Channel 4 and production company Fulcrum TV have advertised in magazines for possible candidates to volunteer.
The advert reads: 'We are currently keen to talk to some one who, faced with the knowledge of their own terminal illness and all that it entails, would nonetheless consider undergoing the process of an ancient Egyptian embalming.'
An English scientist claims to have unlocked the secrets of mummification. His efforts at recreating the work of Egyptians will be the subject of the documentary.
Embalming was a common death ritual for 3,000 years, when some cultures believed it was necessary preparation for the afterlife.
The Egyptians were able to 'mummify' bodies for longer than any other civilisation, and are believed to have used resins found only in Burma - more than 4,000 miles from Egypt - in the process.
Fulcrum TV's Richard Belfield told a reporter from the Independent newspaper, posing as a volunteer: 'We would like to film with you over the next few months to understand who you are and what sort of person you are so the viewers get to know you and have a proper emotional response to you.
'It may sound rather macabre but we have mummified a large number of pigs to check that the process worked and it does. We have lined up scientists to support the project and found a place approved by the Human Tissue Authority where the mummification would take place.
'Afterwards one thought was – though this is not obligatory – to put the body in an exhibition in a proper museum so people can properly understand the mummification process. That is something we would be flexible about.
'But we would like to keep the body for two or three years to see that the mummification process worked. Then the normal funeral arrangements could be made.'
He said payment would not be made, but that costs would be covered.
Mr Belfield added: 'The Egyptians were extremely clever organic chemists. Some of the materials they used came from as far afield as Burma and the Far East. One resin they used we know only existed in Burma. One thing we want to explore is how they developed their knowledge of chemistry.'
A Channel 4 spokesman told the newspaper that it had given development funds to Fulcrum. These are used to look into the project's viability. The spokesman added: 'We’re fascinated by the research that is taking place. If the scientists are able to find a willing donor we’d be interested in following the process.
'And if you were to question why we were interested we’d say "If the scientists have solved one of the ancient world’s most enduring mysteries [the process of mummification] it would give us a unique insight into science and Egyptian history and may well prove to have other significant benefits for medical science." '
Preparation for the afterlife: While Egyptians are the best-known exponents of mummification, the process was also popular as far away as Mexico
Preparation for the afterlife: The Egyptians were the best-known exponents of mummification
In recent years there have been several programmes which seek to challenge views on death.
Eight years ago, Dr von Hagens performed an autopsy in front of a theatre audience in East London, the first in public for 170 years.
Wearing a black hat throughout, he cut up the body of a 72-year-old former chain-smoking German alcoholic in front of 500 people.
Before he carried it out he was warned by the Department of Health that he would be breaking the Anatomy Act by holding a post-mortem examination on unlicensed premises.
The autopsy was shown on Channel 4 and resulted in 130 complaints.
