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> we also need to remember that rich folks used to uncover mummies in their parties for fun And eat them, which... that's just like, really fucking weird.
by mcphage 6d ago
> we also need to remember that rich folks used to uncover mummies in their parties for fun
And eat them, which... that's just like, really fucking weird.
- OoooooooO 6d agoDidn't they also crushed parts of them and snorted the powder at parties for fun?
- krapp 6d agoAnd they made them into paint called "mummy brown." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_brown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_brown
- defrost 6d agoBoth uses were immortalised in music by the Dave Brubeck Quartet in the mid(?) 1950s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qs1J612nZs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qs1J612nZs