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submitted 10 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
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Though they do have that nice spicy scent, akin to incense you'd smell at a Catholic Church, there is defo a hint of dry rot.

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 80 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The British urge to eat mummies still going strong

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 17 points 10 months ago

My god this is an outrage, I was going to eat that mummy! Fry has got to go!

[–] lemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, they were eaten as medicine for centuries. Not to mention as a paint and possibly for fires...

[–] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

Cat mummies have been used as fertilizer too.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I don't mind the sun sometimes, the hieroglyphs it shows,

I can taste you on my lips and smell you in my gauze,

Cinnamon and sugary and softly mummified,

You never know just how to look through the all-seeing Horus eye.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago

There's a place for you in the valley of poets

[–] nieceandtows@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

How do they feel when you roll them under your tongue?

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 13 points 10 months ago

Smooth.

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I was going to eat that mummy! 😠

[–] ObstreperousCanadian@lemmy.ca 6 points 10 months ago

Oh good, I was worried.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The intoxicating bouquet of ancient microbes you have no immunity to.

[–] seven_phone@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Well and good but how is Kasparov and his lilac marigolds anything to do with it.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Can I get this as a perfume? Maybe Axe could do a thing?

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

Axe: Spicy Pharaoh

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Relevant Smithsonian article.

I’d probably skip on the animal fat and bitumen, but cedar, juniper, and cypress all smell pretty good.

Apparently the scent could also vary slightly depending on who was being embalmed.

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 points 10 months ago

i dunno, musky scents like that do have their place in the perfume world, in moderation.