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It's all about Mummies this week as Georgia dives into the spread of Egyptomania, medicinal cannibalism, and the truth behind the "curse" of King Tutankhamun, amongst other things. We also have a (surprisingly) intelligent conversation about the ethics of handling human remains and cultural appropriation in horror tropes (it's like that's part of our jobs or something...)

Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.

For further reading:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/our-work/departments/human-remains 

https://observer.com/2023/02/the-uk-has-a-60-year-old-law-prohibiting-repatriation-of-art-is-that-about-to-change/ 

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/mummies-museums-name-change-intl-scli-scn/index.html 

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mumia-the-strange-history-of-human-remains-as-medicine#Mummy-and-other-remains-as-panacea 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/ 

https://theconversation.com/why-did-people-start-eating-egyptian-mummies-the-weird-and-wild-ways-mummy-fever-swept-through-europe-177551 

https://harvardartmuseums.org/article/a-pigment-from-the-depths 

https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-technology/mummy-brown-001716 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ground-mummies-were-once-ingredient-paint-180950350/ 

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