We’ve finally arrived at our favourite letter of the
alphabet! So we’re lingering on the letter M for a little while, because
there’s SO SO MUCH to say about it. Corpse Medicine and Mummies are two of the
topics we’ve most been looking forward to, and we think you’re going to love
love LOVE this episode…
Your hosts enjoy a tasty snack – George explains how a
linguistic misunderstanding led to popularised cannibalism – Rosie introduces
the delights of desiccation by nature and nurture – George ponders the
definition of death – Rosie laments a destructive form of public entertainment.
Don’t forget we’d love to see you at MORIBUND! Which opens
Tuesday 22nd at Crazy Coqs in London’s Piccadilly – a joyful and macabre tour
of the world of death! Find tickets here:
https://yplanapp.com/london/moribund-53296/
https://yplanapp.com/london/moribund-53296/
Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine – one of our
favourite edupodcasts!
http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/sawbones
http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/sawbones
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Mary Roach
http://maryroach.net/stiff.html
http://maryroach.net/stiff.html
Fascinating BBC article on beating heart cadavers
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161103-the-macabre-fate-of-beating-heart-corpses
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161103-the-macabre-fate-of-beating-heart-corpses
Mummies at the British Museum in London, and at the
Metropolitan Museum in New York:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/visiting/family_visits/night_at_the_museum/mummies_in_the_museum.aspx
http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/egyptian-art
https://www.britishmuseum.org/visiting/family_visits/night_at_the_museum/mummies_in_the_museum.aspx
http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/egyptian-art
Getty Museum video of the mummification process:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MQ5dL9cQX0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MQ5dL9cQX0
The Mummy’s Curse: The True History of a Dark Fantasy, by
Roger Luckhurst
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15853917-the-mummy-s-curse
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15853917-the-mummy-s-curse
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