Victorians ‘mistaken’ about why Egyptians mummified bodies

Posted by lost_my_passwd on Sunday November 13, 2022 @12:56AM
from the theguardian.com dept.

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Re:Victorians ‘mistaken’ about why Egyptians mummified bodies by gscott on Sunday November 13, 2022 @01:02AM (#33580509)

Brits would by mummies and hold "unwapping parties". Early on you could by mummies from street vendors in Egypt.

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Re:Victorians ‘mistaken’ about why Egyptians mummified bodies by JoeAltmaier on Sunday November 13, 2022 @10:23AM (#33583826)

There were literally millions of them.

They were being made into fertilizer in some places.

Not hard to get jaded with all that.

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