[pnathan]

Fascinating stuff. Brings to mind the fact that much of earlier antiquity artifacts were plain looted into museums, etc. Mummies were made into artists' paint, for instance.

[danharaj]

There was a fad where posh victorians were really into eating mummies.

[leoc]

If so it wasn't the first outing: https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/british-skulduggery-pr... .