drift909 t1_j5xbyzt wrote on January 26, 2023 at 5:05 AM Reply to British museums to stop using ‘mummy’ over negative associations by Logibenq Let us not forget Mummy mania By the 12th century apothecaries were using ground up mummies for their otherworldly medicinal properties. Mummies were a prescribed medicine for the next 500 years. Permalink 1
drift909 t1_j5xbyzt wrote
Reply to British museums to stop using ‘mummy’ over negative associations by Logibenq
Let us not forget
Mummy mania
By the 12th century apothecaries were using ground up mummies for their otherworldly medicinal properties. Mummies were a prescribed medicine for the next 500 years.