British Television Station to Mummify Corpse on Air
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An Egyptian mummy shown in three stages (AP)
A corpse will be mummified on a television show in a bid to discover the secrets of the ancient Egyptians, a British TV channel announced Thursday.
A team of scientists will attempt to mummify a real corpse -- donated specifically for the purpose -- to find out how the ancient Egyptians managed to preserve the bodies of their pharaohs.
The program -- named "Mummify Me" -- aims to solve the 3,000-old mystery of how ancient priests managed to stop decomposition almost entirely, the program makers said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Filmed inside one of the UK's leading forensic pathology labs, the scientists want to unlock the preservation techniques used during the 'Golden Age' of Tutankhamen," the TV channel said in a statement.
It is not the first time the UK's Channel 4 TV station has put a dead body on screen in the name of science. Back in 2002 it caused controversy when it broadcast a public autopsy carried out by anatomist Gunther von Hagens.