Why did Europeans eat Egyptian mummies during the Middle Ages

Europeans have not always been enlightened. During the Middle Ages, the Italian, French, and German nobility ate the powdered bodies of Egyptian mummies. They did this on the advice of doctors and pharmacists, who treated all diseases in this way. Ancient Arab and Persian doctors believed in the miraculous effect of natural bitumen, which they used to treat fractures, ulcers and abscesses.


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