We cover the ways Victorian Europe used (and abused) Egyptian mummies; whether or not mummies were burned for fuel; Catholic saints who do not decay; natural mummies preserved in ice, moss, and salt; child mummies of the Andes; and Buddhist monks mummifying themselves.
We cover the ways Victorian Europe used (and abused) Egyptian mummies; whether or not mummies were burned for fuel; Catholic saints who do not decay; natural mummies preserved in ice, moss, and salt; child mummies of the Andes; and Buddhist monks mummifying themselves.