Egyptomania is sweeping through Victorian Europe and America and everything around you is mummy-themed! From furniture to art, from graveyards to parties, mummies are everywhere you look. In fact it's more than just looks- Victorians are throwing unwrapping parties, having their bodies mummified after death, grinding mummies into paint, and even using the wrappings as grocery bags! Powdered Mummy (real ground up corpses) are even believed to cure all manner of diseases! Come with us this week as we discover this mad craze in the 1800s and all the ways they found to use actual mummies in everyday life.

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