Tutankamuns body FRIED!!

[Grummer]

Mummy-fried! Tutankhamun's body spontaneously combusted INSIDE his coffin following botched embalming job after he died in speeding chariot accident | Mail Online

 

[goodonya]

A bad day for the King! For some reason this reminds me of Mark Twains comments upon visiting Egypt talking about there were so many mummies being dug up they were using them for fuel for the steam engines pulling the trains of the day.

 

[Mewtilation]

That's pretty cool stuff to learn. I always loved anything about Egypt.

 

[DrownedFishOnFire]

A bad day for the King! For some reason this reminds me of Mark Twains comments upon visiting Egypt talking about there were so many mummies being dug up they were using them for fuel for the steam engines pulling the trains of the day.

 

[metalangel]

Presumably being used as fuel was after the bottom fell out of this market:

Mummia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[caz12]

no O2 in coffin unless chemical burns i dont see how

 

[goodonya]

Whoa into the way back machine. I remember reading a list of ingredients for some old potions. Ground up mummy, mummy powder, was in there.