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The publication of Thomas Joseph’s book “History of Egyptian Mummies” in 1834 in London marks the beginning of scholarly research on mummies. Doctor Pettigrew, who was in the habit of unwrapping mummies in front of large paying crowds, was a fashionable doctor at the time, he even inoculated Queen Victoria against smallpox. His voluminous oeuvre can still serve as a source of interesting detailed observations today to help illustrate the amount of scientific knowledge available at the time.
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Seipel, W. (1996). Research on mummies in Egyptology. An overview. In: Spindler, K., Wilfing, H., Rastbichler-Zissernig, E., zur Nedden, D., Nothdurfter, H. (eds) Human Mummies. The Man in the Ice, vol 3. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6565-2_5
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