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Looking for a fun night in? Well, look no further because you are cordially invited to attend...a Mummy Unwrapping Party.

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Just a quick disclaimer, this episode will get a bit dark, because the Victorians were B-A-N-A-N-A-S. If you aren't comfortable with hearing about mummies, corpses and the real and very dark shenanigans the Victorians got up to, I'd probably turn back now.

Thomas Pettigrew's History of Egyptian Mummies

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Music by: David Fesliyan

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Sources:

Parra, Jose Miguel, National Geographic, "Egyptian Mummies in European Culture", History Magazine, 2019.

Nikolaidou, Dimitra, "Victorian People Unrolled Mummies For Fun", Atlas Obscura, 2016.

Wynarczyk, Natasha, "Uncovering the Dead at a Victorian Mummy Unwrapping Party", Vice.com, Vice Media Group, 2016.

Dawson, W. (1934). Pettigrew's Demonstrations upon Mummies. A Chapter in the History of Egyptology. The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 20(3/4), 170-182. doi:10.2307/3854736