"Why did people start eating Egyptian mummies?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 20 May 2023 9:27 p.m. PST |
"Why did people think cannibalism was good for their health? The answer offers a glimpse into the zaniest crannies of European history, at a time when Europeans were obsessed with Egyptian mummies. Driven first by the belief that ground-up and tinctured human remains could cure anything from bubonic plague to a headache, and then by the macabre ideas Victorian people had about after-dinner entertainment, the bandaged corpses of ancient Egyptians were the subject of fascination from the Middle Ages to the 19th century…" Main page
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| Eclectic Wave | 22 May 2023 6:41 a.m. PST |
Ah yes, when cannibalism was a thing. But only if it's a really old thing. |
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