Looking for a fun night in? Well, look no further because you are cordially invited to attend...a Mummy Unwrapping Party.

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Just a quick disclaimer, this episode will get a bit dark, because the Victorians were B-A-N-A-N-A-S. If you aren't comfortable with hearing about mummies, corpses and the real and very dark shenanigans the Victorians got up to, I'd probably turn back now.

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Music by: David Fesliyan

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Sources:

Parra, Jose Miguel, National Geographic, "Egyptian Mummies in European Culture", History Magazine, 2019.

Nikolaidou, Dimitra, "Victorian People Unrolled Mummies For Fun", Atlas Obscura, 2016.

Wynarczyk, Natasha, "Uncovering the Dead at a Victorian Mummy Unwrapping Party", Vice.com, Vice Media Group, 2016.

Dawson, W. (1934). Pettigrew's Demonstrations upon Mummies. A Chapter in the History of Egyptology. The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 20(3/4), 170-182. doi:10.2307/3854736