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Futhi yilesi sithixo sangaphandle lapho umbukiso ugxila khona – esikhundleni sokuskena amabhokisi ukuze kubonakale ukuthi abantu abangaphakathi babegcinwe kahle yini, noma babenamadolo e-gammy noma babulawa umdlavuza.
“Ngifuna ukuqhela kulokho kuhumusha kwe-biomedical, futhi ngigxile ekubeni unkulunkulu kancane,” kusho uPrice. “Angisho ukuthi yonke leyo mibuzo yesayensi ‘yimbi’ futhi akufanele yenziwe. Ngisho nje, kuyithuba lokubheka izinto ngendlela ehlukile.”
Lokhu ngokwengxenye kumayelana nenhlonipho; Umqondisi omusha weManchester Museum u-Esme Ward’s mission eshiwo ngoba isikhungo “siwukwakha ukuqonda phakathi kwamasiko kanye nomhlaba ozinzile”, nezimiso zawo eziyinhloko “ukufakwa, umcabango kanye nokunakekelwa”. Futhi lapho sikhuluma ngokubonisa ukunakekela, endabeni yalo mbukiso othile, kuzwakale kubalulekile ukuthi ithimba elingemuva kwawo livume ukuthi asikaze sihloselwe ukubona ngaphansi kwezingubo zomama.
Abanye kulo mkhakha baze basikisele ukuthi izidumbu ezidumbu akumele zibukiswe nakancane; ngo-2020, iPitt Rivers Museum e-Oxford yasusa umama, kanye nezinye izinsalela zabantu njengamakhanda ashwabene, emibukisweni yawo. Isinqumo senziwe kulandela ucwaningo lwezethameli olwabonisa ukuthi izivakashi zivame ukuqonda imibukiso yeMnyuziyamu yezinsalela zomuntu “njengobufakazi bamanye amasiko ‘njengamahlakaniphi’, ‘awakudala’’ noma ‘anyantisayo’… [reinforcing] ama-stereotypes anobandlululo”. The Wathi Museum ukuthi isinqumo sokususa izinsalela zabantu kwakuwumzamo “wokukhombisa inhlonipho yethu emiphakathini emhlabeni wonke esisebenza nayo”.
“Kuyacaca ukuthi abantu baseGibhithe lasendulo ababebandakanyeka ekwenzeni imisebenzi efana nalena babengafuni ukuthi ivezwe,” kuqinisekisa uPrice. Kepha akukhona nje ukuzwela kulokhu okwazise izinqumo zeManchester Museum: futhi akaqinisekiswa kakhulu yisayensi esiyitholayo. “Ngike ngisezibhedlela izidumbu eziye zangena kwi-CT scanner kukhona ne-Egyptologists, biomedical Egyptologists kanye nomtholampilo, akekho ongavuma okukhombisa ama-CT scans,” ehleka. Phela, ama-CT scan ayenzelwe izidumbu, hhayi izidumbu ezomisiwe. “Ungathi ‘lokhu kuwubufakazi besimo sempilo’, omunye umuntu athi ‘cha umphumela wokucwiliswa’. Okuthile kungase kubonakale njenge-whatnot ebaliwe noma i-ding-dong eqoshiwe – kodwa empeleni kufanele ube emphakathini bese uthi ‘asazi’.”
Ifa labavubukuli baseNtshonalanga beqaqa izidumbu (imvamisa bezicekela phansi ngesikhathi) liphinde libe nomthelela welungelo lobukoloni kulo – kusukela kuma-Victorian enza ukuzijabulisa okumangalisayo ‘ngokungaqoshwa’ kuze kufike ekutheni ezinye izikhungo ziqhubekile nokuqaqa egameni locwaningo. kuze kube yiminyaka yawo-1980. Kusukela lapho, ukukhishwa kwedijithali sekuthathe indawo – futhi-ke, akulimazi ama-mummies. Futhi ama-CT scans anganikeza imininingwane emangalisayo: kusukela ekuvezeni iziphandla ezigqitshwe nomzimba kuze kufike ekutheni umthambo wawuqine kangakanani.
Impikiswano ‘yokuqaqa’
Ukukhuluma ngokumelene ‘nokuqaqa’ kuyimpikiswano ngandlela-thile: kuyoba nabaningi abacabanga ukuthi ukuphishekela ulwazi kunqoba zonke ezinye izinto, noma ukuthi ngemva kwezinkulungwane zeminyaka, kuwukuhlonipha ngokweqile ukukhathazeka ngemizwa yabafileyo. “Ezinye ze-biomedical [Egyptologists] mhlawumbe bakhishwe amakhala; ososayensi abaqine ngokwengeziwe bangase badumale [by our exhibition],” kuvuma uPrice. Futhi iManchester Museum nayo iphikisana nezinye izikhungo eziphawulekayo, njengeBritish Museum, Ukuhlola Izimpilo Zasendulo umbukiso umayelana nokusebenzisa izikena ukwenza abantu abangaphakathi kwezidumbu zabo zibe ngabantu.
Waqala ukubonakala emnyuziyamu ngokwawo ngo-2014, lowo mbukiso ususohambweni lwamazwe ngamazwe olumangalisayo; ibhekisa amabombo eJapan naseSpain kulo nyaka. Akekho ovela eMnyuziyamu waseBrithani owayezimisele ukuxoxa ngakho ngalesi siqeshana, nakuba ku- isihloko se-BBC Culture ngo-2014, umqaphi wokuqala uJohn H Taylor uthe inhloso yabo “iwukubuyela emcabangweni wokuthi laba bake baba abantu bangempela, abaphilayo”.
