Ding Dong Ditch: Humans Consuming Humans -- Mummy Edition

Let's talk about cannibalism! Specifically medical cannibalism. Humans have been using corpses medicinally for centuries. A little ground up skull for a headache. A sip of blood for the spirit. A slather of human fat for a wound. But around the 12th century, they went particularly nuts for Egyptian mummies, and for the next 500 years, it was available at any town apothecary.Learn all about ground up mummies, whether unearthed from Egyptian tombs, or locally sourced from the neighborhood executioner and made in-house, and how people used them to treat various ailments, and even made paint pigment out of their ground-up remains.And that's only a little of what's packed into this 20-something minutes. Come for the primer on curative cannibalism and cultural exploitation. Stay for the always timely reminder as to why incest is bad.Additional Info:Smithsonian Magazine Article on Corpse Medicinehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/Modern Antiquities Smugglinghttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-21/egypts-3-billion-dollar-smuggling-problem/10388394Peruvian Gang Harvesting Human Fathttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/20/peru-gang-killing-human-fatMummy Brown Pigment Wikihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_brownHistory of Consuming Human Remainshttps://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mumia-the-strange-history-of-human-remains-as-medicine#A-controversial-practiceMummia Wikihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MummiaMummy Craze of the Victorian Erahttps://theconversation.com/why-did-people-start-eating-egyptian-mummies-the-weird-and-wild-ways-mummy-fever-swept-through-europe-177551Show Credits:Show Credits:Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.comIntro Music -- Spencer MorelockBackground Music -- Ken Dickson: https://soundcloud.com/kenjamdDing Dong Darkness Time Media:Twitter: @dddarknesstimeInstagram: dddarknesstimeGmail: [email protected] Credits:Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.comMusic -- Spencer Morelock, Ken DicksonDing Dong Darkness Time Media:Twitter: @dddarknesstimeInstagram: dddarknesstimeGmail: [email protected]

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