Victorians ‘mistaken’ about why Egyptians mummified bodies
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Victorians ‘mistaken’ about why Egyptians mummified bodies
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Re: Victorians ‘mistaken’ about why Egyptians mummified bodies
#2Brits would by mummies and hold "unwapping parties". Early on you could by mummies from street vendors in Egypt.
Re: Victorians ‘mistaken’ about why Egyptians mummified bodies
#3Brits would by mummies and hold "unwapping parties". Early on you could by mummies from street vendors in Egypt.
There were literally millions of them.
They were being made into fertilizer in some places.
Not hard to get jaded with all that.