It's the spooky season once again and this year on Petri Dish we explore the science and history of mummies! While ancient Egyptian mummies certainly have captivated the world, they aren't even close to the only culture that purposefully mummified the dead! Learn about other ancient mummies, and some much more modern ones as well, this week on Petri Dish!

Warning! This episode mentions human remains and some stuff that is truly macabre -- that definitely is also true for the references!

References:

https://www.oldest.org/culture/mummies/

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/mummy-photography-ulla-lohmann

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3931544/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dr-gottfried-knoche-and-his-mummies