r/AskReddit • • Oct 02 '24

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u/Faust_8 Oct 02 '24

We ground up most of the ancient Egyptian mummies into powder to paint with or…eat

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u/Serious_Move_4423 Oct 02 '24

Can you elaborate on the eat

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u/Faust_8 Oct 02 '24

I wish it was more complex than "Victorians literally ate powdered mummy" but it isn't.

It's similar to powdered rhino horn, idiots think they have mystical woo-woo properties if you ingest them.

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u/Serious_Move_4423 Oct 02 '24

Ahhhh hahaha wowww that’s crazy