Egyptomania

Mummia – How Ground Egyptian Mummy Cured All Ailments & Painted Masterpieces

One of the weirdest substances in medical history – a substance Europeans once [...]

By |2023-09-26T12:38:24+01:00June 9th, 2021|Categories: Folklore Modern & Ancient|Tags: , |

The Unlucky Mummy – Curse of the British Museum & Sinker of the Titanic?

If you were to wander into the Egyptian section of London's British Museum, [...]

By |2023-09-26T12:50:27+01:00March 31st, 2021|Categories: Folklore Modern & Ancient|Tags: , , |

Brompton Cemetery’s Time Machine – a Victorian Contraption Hidden in a London Tomb?

If you were to stroll through West London's Brompton Cemetery, you'd notice that [...]

By |2023-09-26T13:26:40+01:00November 25th, 2020|Categories: Psychogeography & Landscape Weirdness|Tags: , , , |

The Manchester Mummy – How a Respectable English Woman Got Embalmed Egyptian Style

In 1828, a mummified body was put on display in the entrance hall [...]

By |2023-09-26T20:47:33+01:00December 9th, 2018|Categories: Folklore Modern & Ancient|Tags: , , , |
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