Barely even readable meme.
Gotta add a black outline to the text
Explanation: In the 19th century, Egyptian mummies that were found in the course of European archeological expeditions were sometimes sold off. Some would be acquired by collectors, others… ground up for use as paint or quack ‘medicine’.
… it was not the best of times for European archeology, a then-new discipline.
Potentially making things worse, “mummy brown” paint was very popular for a time, and more in demand than the supply of “freshly-ground mummy dust” available, so (allegedly) manufacturers started cutting/replacing it with the freshly burnt corpses of criminals and slaves.
Using them as furnace fuel for steam engines (trains) even, especially smaller animal ones.
We usually source the cheapest possible energy dense material for solid fuel. That doesn’t seem either. Do you have a source?
It’s a joke by Mark Twain, and everyone believed it: https://www.straightdope.com/21343478/do-egyptians-burn-mummies-as-fuel
Yes!!
Sometime in the 19th Century
I found the tombs of ancient Egyptians, what should I do with them?
Lol, I think I’ll eat it as medicine instead
I dunno, just looks like more paint material lol
(I think thats all the text, but I absolutely could have missed something from the “white on sand” color scheme)
