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Victorians ‘mistaken’ about why Egyptians mummified bodies (theguardian.com)
1 points by lost_my_passwd 1310 days ago
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gscott 1310 days ago
Brits would by mummies and hold "unwapping parties". Early on you could by mummies from street vendors in Egypt.
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JoeAltmaier 1310 days ago
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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