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The noble aristocracy of Europe did indeed develop something of an appetite (at least, from a medicinal point of view) for the flesh of Egyptian mummies. And nibbling on the deceased body parts of some ancient Egyptian whose name they probably couldn’t even pronounce was indeed something all the cool kids were doing. Well, assuming you had a headache, or an infection, or a life threatening disease… or maybe you were just trying to fit it? In any case, a well-off European might not have worried, because it was nothing a little powdered skull couldn’t fix.

But what was it that would drive these ‘paragons of western society’ to indulge in what was effectively cannibalism?


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★ Chapters ★

0:00 Intro
01:24 A Medicinal Curiosity
05:36 The Consumption Itself
06:58 The Mummy Trade
08:46 Changing Perceptions and Ethical Considerations
09:34 Outro

💡 TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO 💡
- Ancient Egypt
- Mummies
- Historical Europe
- History
- Historical Curiosities
- Mumm Unwrapping
- Mummy Trade



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