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://www.cnn.com/style/article/mummies-museums-name-change-intl-scli-scn/index.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/
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/