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Morbid Curiousities – Mellified Mummy

The ancient art of marinating yourself in honey for the good of mankind, naturally.

Honey has long been celebrated for its preservative powers, jars of the stuff have been found intact in Egyptian tombs, still perfectly edible after three thousand years. But somewhere along the way, certain medieval minds decided that simply eating honey wasn’t ambitious enough. Why not become the honey? Why not dissolve, entirely and posthumously, into a golden elixir of healing? And so, dear reader, the mellified mummy was born.

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What The History Of Trepanation Tells Us

There are scientific procedures in human history that can be quite macabre and paved the way to our medical system today. But what is trepanation?

But What Is Trepanation?

What kind of ancient surgery deliberately cut or scraped away parts of people’s skulls? Trepanning.

To explain this better, let’s take a journey back in time. It might sound bizarre now, but this practice has a long history, going back thousands of years and spanning different cultures.

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