Why did people start eating Egyptian mummies? The weird and wild ways mummy fever swept through Europe
- Written by: Marcus Harmes, Professor in Pathways Education, University of Southern Queensland
WikimediaWhy did people think cannibalism was good for their health? The answer offers a glimpse into the zaniest crannies of European history, at a time when Europeans were obsessed with Egyptian mummies.
Driven first by the belief that ground-up and tinctured human remains could cure anything from bubonic plague to a headache, and then by the...





















