8. Either They Decorated for Christmas Early or They're All Mummies

03/28/24 • 59 min

The mummy conversation continues as Hannah talks about mummification practices in Mesoamerica. The ethics conversation ALSO continues as we discuss public exhibits for displaying mummified human remains and colonizing burial practices.
Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.

For further reading:
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 57, Number 104, 22 June 1887
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18870622.2.6&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------
Arriaza, Bernardo T. Beyond Death: The Chinchorro Mummies of Ancient Chile. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1995. Print.
Rivera, Mario A. "The Preceramic Chinchorro Mummy Complex of Northern Chile: Context, Style and Purpose." Tombs for the Living: Andean Mortuary Practices. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1991. 43-77.
Wise, Karen. "Chinchorro Mummies." Written in Bones: How Human Remains Unlock the Secrets of the Dead. Toronto: Firefly, 2003. 166-70.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Scientific_Study_of_Mummies/P_xj3QTHHvoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA142&printsec=frontcover
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/mummies/mworld2.html
https://www.perurail.com/blog/the-history-of-the-tahuantinsuyo-the-most-important-empire-in-south-america/
https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/frozen-mummies-of-the-andes/
https://www.dougstepsout.com/2012/05/08/the-squaw-hollow-sensation-part-1-introduction/
https://www.solarnavigator.net/mythology/mummies.htm
https://agenf.org/ojs/index.php/shs/article/view/155
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/12jqpne/when_did_mummies_become_horror_monsters_what_are/
https://web.archive.org/web/20090821203829/http://www.mummytombs.com/mummylocator/group/guanajuato.htm

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7. All the Best Mummies Have Daddy Issues

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It's all about Mummies this week as Georgia dives into the spread of Egyptomania, medicinal cannibalism, and the truth behind the "curse" of King Tutankhamun, amongst other things. We also have a (surprisingly) intelligent conversation about the ethics of handling human remains and cultural appropriation in horror tropes (it's like that's part of our jobs or something...)
Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.

For further reading:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/our-work/departments/human-remains

https://observer.com/2023/02/the-uk-has-a-60-year-old-law-prohibiting-repatriation-of-art-is-that-about-to-change/

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/mummies-museums-name-change-intl-scli-scn/index.html

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mumia-the-strange-history-of-human-remains-as-medicine#Mummy-and-other-remains-as-panacea

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/

https://theconversation.com/why-did-people-start-eating-egyptian-mummies-the-weird-and-wild-ways-mummy-fever-swept-through-europe-177551

https://harvardartmuseums.org/article/a-pigment-from-the-depths

https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-technology/mummy-brown-001716

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ground-mummies-were-once-ingredient-paint-180950350/

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9. Don't Threaten Me With a Werewolf Time

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Perk up your ears this week for a *howling* good time as we talk about all things werewolves in folklore and pop culture.
Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.

For further reading:
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/werewolf.htm

https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-the-werewolf-legend

https://www.livescience.com/24412-werewolves.html

https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/werewolves

https://theconversation.com/the-ancient-origins-of-werewolves-104775

https://www.history.com/news/werewolf-trials-europe-witches

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the_Trois-Fr%C3%A8res

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf

https://www.history.com/news/beast-gevaudan-france-theories

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