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Re:Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read ... by klyrs on Monday February 05, 2024 @03:33PM (#39266745)
On the other hand, we ground up mummies for paint to the point that we ran out and used fresher corpses to meet demand.

It is a bit of miracle that they were preserved, and not just discarded.

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Re:Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read ... by ska on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:34PM (#39267545)
Worse than that, lots were ground up (and consumed) for medicines.
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Re:Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read ... by UberFly on Monday February 05, 2024 @06:39PM (#39268740)
In one of the Futurama episodes, Fry eats one of Farnsworth's mini mummies and Farnsworth is upset because he wanted to eat it. Fry said it tasted like jerky I think.
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Re:Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read ... by wayvey on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:08PM (#39267203)
Where can I read more about this? Frankly I'm a bit surprised that I've never heard about this considering how shocking it sounds.
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Re:Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read ... by klyrs on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:11PM (#39267240)
Wild, isn't it? Hands down my favorite historical fact learned in 2023.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_brown

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Re:Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read ... by aruggirello on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:31PM (#39267515)
Wild? Wait until you read about people actually eating mummies and corpses

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/mummy-eat...

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Re:Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read ... by klyrs on Monday February 05, 2024 @04:40PM (#39267617)
Wow. I like aged cheese but that is a bridge too far.
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Re:Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize awarded: we can read ... by boffinAudio on Tuesday February 06, 2024 @04:37AM (#39272518)
The things Futurama made me look up on Wikipedia...
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