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People Used to Drink Wine Made From Ground-Up Mummies. Now, Scientists
People Used to Drink Wine Made From Ground-Up Mummies. Now, Scientists Are Studying It
TL;DRScientists analyzed the chemistry of historical mummy-wine consumed as medicine.
Why it matters: Understanding past pharmaceutical practices reveals how belief systems shaped early medicine and consumption of dubious remedies.
In a new study perfectly timed for Halloween, scientists dug into the chemical properties of a once-popular beverage with purported medicinal benefits: wine made with ground-up Egyptian mummies.
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