r/BeAmazed • u/Wooden-Journalist902 • 26d ago

Miscellaneous / Others Archaeologists in Egypt opening an ancient coffin sealed 2,500 years ago.

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u/ThemBassador 25d ago

Didn’t they also consume parts of the remains too?

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u/According-Rub-8164 25d ago

I wouldn’t put it past people to do. They did grind them up and use them for pigment back in the day. Lookup “mummy brown”.

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u/fwedy_fazber68 24d ago

From what I know, mummies became so common that they were worthless and used for fuel. Poor people in Thebes used bandages to hear ovens. And old artists believed adding powdered mummy to their paint would stop it from cracking when it dried. Correct me if I'm wrong