I've often thought this, not only with mummies, but with any ancient burial - would you want your body to be exhumed, studied and put on display?

Many of our forefathers were buried according to their religious beliefs with goods for the after life etc. Just because the practice doesn't mesh with our modern beliefs, does that mean we should respect them any less that ours? After all, who's to say what belief systems will be in place in another 2000 years...

Amplify’d from www.newscientist.com

SHOULD we consider the privacy or reputation of the individual when analysing an Egyptian mummy? The assumption that ancient corpses are fair game for science is beginning to be challenged. Read more at www.newscientist.com