Mummies' Day - Ep 136

This week, Anna and Amber celebrate some of the lesser-known mummies of the world. Amber shares her hometown mummies, while Anna spins the stories of a smoke-dried philosopher, a legendary Lama, and...a winery? Plus, one Egyptian mummy thrown in for good measure.

Links

• Jeremy Bentham (Crime Museum)

• English Philosopher’s Dressed-Up Skeleton Goes on View in New Glass Display (Smithsonian)

• Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon (Atlas Obscura)

• Jeremy Bentham’s Head Is Coming Out of Its Box and Under the Microscope (Atlas Obscura)

• Nightmarish mummies attracting curious to rural Philippi (West Virginia Explorer)

• Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

• The Mystery Behind Russia's Buddhist "Miracle" (The Culture Trip)

• Ivolginsky Datsan (Atlas Obscura)

• Summum Pyramid (Atlas Obscura)

• First-known pregnant mummy discovered (Live Science)

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