mummy, n.Trivia

The mummy was made by the Ancient Egyptians by first removing the brain by inserting a hook through the nostrils.

Cannibalism was rather common in the 16-17th century Europe where Egyptian mummies were consumed for supposed magical curative properties

Egyptian mummies were actually ground and used to produce a rich brown paint color called 'Mummy Brown'. This practice was continued from the 16th century up until the 1960's.

Peppercorns were stuffed up the nose of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II's mummy.

King Tut was mummified with an erect penis.

Mummies aren't unique to Egypt. Between the 11th and 19th centuries Buddhist monks mummified themselves through thousand-day starvation (Sokushinbutsu)