@history.mae: #History #art

Light Bringer Vader138 :

So basically Europeans are the vampires, necromancers, witches while being the church, royal family, elite of the world. Got it.

Nyoom ♀️ :

no one bothered to check? they just went with it?? 💀

amandyq_1 :

"civilized" europe😂

jordanali410 :

wait till you see how this connects to Cannibalism in the Jim Crow South

Sunsetshaman :

I genuinely believe this is why we can't find Cleopatra or Alexander the Great's mummies

Luna :

The uber wealthy have probably never stopped being cannibals tbh

ಥ_ಥ :

I hate that this is real and I know this 😭

That Guy :

Gretchen Losano :

ONE TRANSLATION ERROR is the root of so many bad Historic European choices

Tiff :

When you use a very convincing religion as a cover up/ punching it down people’s throats, just to hide your true intentions so you won’t seem unhinged.

veryunseriousspam :

“translation error” ???

boska komedyja :

they often 'created' new mummies (a few years old) because the need to use mummies was so high. they didn't use very old mummies

🐉 :

It’s my theory on why Victorian houses are haunted.

achillesdown :

fun fact- during the same time, paper was difficult to produce due to supplies, so a lot of print shops used mummy bindings to help keep paper strong :) i have a book from the early 1700s that contains mummy wrap

Marlyn Diane :

Wouldn’t powdered mummies just be cremated remains?

Trucker...Troy :

so where is the eating at? you showed medicine and ink?

Ether :

Brown paper grocery bags were made from their wrappings, today we dye our paper bags to resemble those that were once made from Egyptian(Kemetic) mummies

Jenny • !Comissions Open! :

why am I not surprised...

lafufie :

and let's never forget "mummy brown" paint pigment

Bussy :

GigityMan :

A question 🙋🏾‍♂️, so did no one bothered to double-check if they were referring to "real product"?

90krispycritters :

mummy brown

deryn.davies :

🗯 :

its because that one guy who missinterpreted it

Me and my brain. :

This is why learning other languages is essential!