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2004-06-27 03:00:15 UTC
It turns out Dr. Fletcher is one of University of York's
affiliates, but she's not on the payroll.
Link: Find or fiction? Article from the university's newspaper
It turns out Joann Fletcher is one of the university?s research
affiliates. It?s a legit arrangement, but she doesn?t have an office
at the university. In fact, she?s not on the payroll at all.
It seems Fletcher is a kind of ?Mummy Hunter for Hire,? a kind of ?TV
Egyptologist.?
Discovery?s website says Fletcher ?specializes in human remains.?
Well, sort of.
Fletcher got her PhD in ancient Egyptian wigs and hairstyles. Even the
professor who gave her that doctorate has said Joann Fletcher
?received no training in anthropology or studies related to mummy
research? while at the university, and added ?I was surprised to see ?
she has chosen to describe herself in the media as an expert in mummy
studies.?
So how on earth did Fletcher convince Discovery to bankroll her?
?She had come to us with a long-held theory,? says Discovery?s Vice
President of Production, Phil Fairclough. ?After she explained why she
believed in this, we looked at her credentials and we looked at the
team that was eventually compiled to investigate it, [and we believed]
that it was worth following their investigative process.?
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Disclosure went to England in search of Dr. Fletcher, armed with an
inflatable mummy of our own ? for luck.
That team is the University of York team; the body of experts Dr.
Fletcher took with her. Chief among them was Professor Don Brothwell.
In the Nefertiti Resurrected he?s described as ?one of the world's
leading human remains specialists.? He pops up in the documentary
x-raying the mystery mummy.
We wanted to know why he lent his name to Fletcher?s questionable
quest, but Professor Brothwell pulled out of an on-camera interview
with us.
In fact, no one on Fletcher?s team wanted to talk to us. Turns out
everyone appearing in the film had signed contracts banning them from
talking without the permission of the film?s producers.
So much for academic debate ? and so much for Fletcher?s future. Dr.
Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt?s Supreme Council of Antiquities, is so mad
he?s banned Fletcher from working in Egypt.
?I think there is no chance for Joann Fletcher to continue in the
research in Egypt since she did not follow the rules,? says Hawass.
?She deceived the world by saying that she discovered something and
she discovered nothing.?
next: Resurrecting the Debate
http://www.cbc.ca/disclosure/archives/040113_nef/fletcher.html
affiliates, but she's not on the payroll.
Link: Find or fiction? Article from the university's newspaper
It turns out Joann Fletcher is one of the university?s research
affiliates. It?s a legit arrangement, but she doesn?t have an office
at the university. In fact, she?s not on the payroll at all.
It seems Fletcher is a kind of ?Mummy Hunter for Hire,? a kind of ?TV
Egyptologist.?
Discovery?s website says Fletcher ?specializes in human remains.?
Well, sort of.
Fletcher got her PhD in ancient Egyptian wigs and hairstyles. Even the
professor who gave her that doctorate has said Joann Fletcher
?received no training in anthropology or studies related to mummy
research? while at the university, and added ?I was surprised to see ?
she has chosen to describe herself in the media as an expert in mummy
studies.?
So how on earth did Fletcher convince Discovery to bankroll her?
?She had come to us with a long-held theory,? says Discovery?s Vice
President of Production, Phil Fairclough. ?After she explained why she
believed in this, we looked at her credentials and we looked at the
team that was eventually compiled to investigate it, [and we believed]
that it was worth following their investigative process.?
<Loading Image...
>Disclosure went to England in search of Dr. Fletcher, armed with an
inflatable mummy of our own ? for luck.
That team is the University of York team; the body of experts Dr.
Fletcher took with her. Chief among them was Professor Don Brothwell.
In the Nefertiti Resurrected he?s described as ?one of the world's
leading human remains specialists.? He pops up in the documentary
x-raying the mystery mummy.
We wanted to know why he lent his name to Fletcher?s questionable
quest, but Professor Brothwell pulled out of an on-camera interview
with us.
In fact, no one on Fletcher?s team wanted to talk to us. Turns out
everyone appearing in the film had signed contracts banning them from
talking without the permission of the film?s producers.
So much for academic debate ? and so much for Fletcher?s future. Dr.
Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt?s Supreme Council of Antiquities, is so mad
he?s banned Fletcher from working in Egypt.
?I think there is no chance for Joann Fletcher to continue in the
research in Egypt since she did not follow the rules,? says Hawass.
?She deceived the world by saying that she discovered something and
she discovered nothing.?
next: Resurrecting the Debate
http://www.cbc.ca/disclosure/archives/040113_nef/fletcher.html