• “Rebranding a ‘mummy’ as ‘mummified person’ is more performative than it is a meaningful way to respect that person or the culture they came from. If you really wanted to respect the humanity of an ancient mummified person who had been transported from a tomb in Egypt to a museum in London that is famous for having stolen the most famous objects in its collection…that would require actually serious change. Like, I don't know, returning the mummies to Egypt?” (Defector)

• Don’t trust the sports predictions of AI-powered historical figures. (Read Max)

• On the “low-resolution popular knowledge of African history.” (LRB Blog)

• A history of the pickup truck. (Axios)

• Charles Byrne’s skeleton to be removed from display at the Hunterian Museum. (Retropolis)

• On Martin McDonagh and J.M. Synge. (Slate)

• “Did Ancient Egypt Have a Pigeon Problem?” (Atlas Obscura)

• This week in obituaries: Victor S. Navasky, Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, Paul La Farge, Brian Tufano, Marion Meade, Betty Lee Sung, Myrtle Witbooi, Ian Black, Balkrishna Doshi, Milly Thompson, Edward R. Pressman, Gwen Knapp, C. Michael Curtis, J. Richard Steadman, and Juan Carrito.