Europeans Stole and ATE Egyptian Mummies for 700 years! | Video Version
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Mummia
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Mummia was the medicinal preparation made from Egyptian mummies that Europeans consumed for centuries, believing it had healing properties. This is the core subject of the article - the actual practice of grinding up and eating mummies as medicine.
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Mummy brown
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Beyond eating mummies, Europeans also ground them up to create a pigment called 'mummy brown' used by painters from the 16th to 19th centuries. This represents another bizarre use of stolen Egyptian remains.
Europeans Stole and ATE Egyptian Mummies for 700 years! | Video Version
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