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.
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.
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.
bem isto realmente só se pode dizer que é do mais macabro que pode existir... para quê? para audiências? fogo... não vejo o propósito disto... mas investiguei e pelo que vi, o tal Dr. Gunther von Hagens é muito polémico e filmou a autopsia real num estúdio de TV e que foi exibido o programa, onde o tipo fazia uma autópsia a um cadáver ao vivo e a cores! e isso está disponível aqui na net, uma rápida pesquisa pelo google e chega-se lá... por curiosidade vou ver...
ResponderEliminarLol... bom, pelo menos tu foste investigar... logo demonstras te interesse... e como tu à mais... logo esta ideia com jeitinho até vai ter boas audiencias!
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