From: erin@ignition.ddns.org
Date: 05 Mar 1999
Time: 00:27:14
Remote Name: 129.97.130.30
Yes, unfortunately this is a fact. From the 1800s to the early 1900s mummies were hot items on the black market. Europeans bought them for their private collections; often unwrapping them in front of guests as a form of "entertainment". For some time, powder from ground mummies was believed to possess powerfull magical and healing abilities. Mummies were also ground up and used as fertilizer.
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