Preserve us
The British Museum said it would stop referring to ‘mummies’ and call them ‘mummified persons’ instead, out of respect to their dignity. How did they come to be called mummies in the first place?
– The term has been traced back to 1615, and derived from the Latin Mumia, and the Arabic Mumiya, referring either to an embalmed body or the bituminous substance in which they were embalmed. The terms ‘mummified’ and ‘mummification’ did not come into use until the 19th century.
Spent
Has the Conservative government cut health and social care funding? NHS and social care funding in England at 2022/23 prices:
2008/09 £121.5 bn
09/10 £129.7 bn
10/11 £130.2 bn
11/12 £130.9 bn
12/13 £131.7 bn
13/14 £134.6 bn
14/15 £137.4 bn
15/16 £141.4 bn
16/17 £142.2 bn
17/18 £145.2 bn
18/19 £148.4 bn
19/20 £156.0 bn
20/21 £201.4 bn
21/22 £199.0 bn
22/23 £180.2 bn
(Test and trace ceased on 24 February 2022.
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