Mummies run amok on Monster Mondays this week as Geoff looks at the 1981 low budget flick Dawn of the Mummy!

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Monster Mondays #308 - Dawn Of The Mummy

The 1800s had plenty of odd trends, but the height of strangeness might just be “mummy mania.” Prized as souvenirs, medicine, and even fodder for making paper, mummies in the 19th century were seen as tools for unlocking the secrets of ancient civilization. And this morbid practice was widespread, to the tune of 180,000 mummies being auctioned off a ship to passersby. But how did we end up with such a creepy and obviously outrageous trend? Why did people have such a disregard for ancestors and animals? And maybe most important, where were all the scientists?   Further Listening: Our sister podcast, Distillations, recently explored the historical roots and persistent legacies of racism in American science and medicine including how the study of human remains intersects with race. Check out 2023’s Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race season to learn more.  

When Mummy Mania Swept the World

In the 19th century, theoretical biologists grappled with a wild new idea: evolution. Decades before Darwin emerged with his theory, two of his predecessors hashed out their theories in the public sphere. And what was the thing they used to test those theories? Egyptian mummies—specifically those of ibis birds. What followed was a poorly developed experiment that set back our understanding of evolution for years and became fodder in a battle between rival scientists.   Further Listening: Our sister podcast, Distillations, recently explored the historical roots and persistent legacies of racism in American science and medicine including how the study of human remains intersects with race. Check out 2023’s Innate: How Science Invented the Myth of Race season to learn more. 

Savant Idiots

The Caleb Gordon Podcast  SBC Megachurch Stage Overtaken By Dancing Mummies For Sermon Series

From sacred cats to the invention of toothpaste, Blue Peter Award winning author David Long takes readers on an intriguing investigation into the ancient Egyptian civilisation. 

 The incredible civilisation of ancient Egypt lasted for 3,000 years. Ruled over by pharaohs, the Egyptians developed agricultural skills and trading partnerships that enabled them to build a rich and powerful nation centred on the Nile.

Far more advanced than any European coutnries at the time, the Egyptians achieved incredible feats of building, created a new way of writing, and revolutionised farming.

Find out what life as an ancient Egyptian was actually like, both for pharaohs and ordinary people, in this fascinating new exploration by award-winning author David Long.

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

What it was like to be an Ancient Egyptian, By David Long, Illustrated by Stefano Tambellini, Read by Mark Oosterveen

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