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In the 1800s, wealthy Victorians hosted some of the strangest parties in history. Forget music recitals or polite card games — these elites bought Egyptian mummies, invited their friends over, and unwrapped the dead in their candlelit parlors.

Known as Victorian mummy unwrapping parties, these grotesque events blurred the line between science and spectacle. Guests gasped, fainted, and sometimes pocketed souvenirs while hosts justified it all as “archaeology.” In reality, it was Egyptomania, pseudoscience, and imperial arrogance rolled into one bizarre dinner party.

In this episode of Weird Histories, discover:

How Egyptomania made owning a mummy a status symbol in Victorian England.

What really happened during a mummy unwrapping — and how guests reacted.

The pseudoscience and quack medicine that justified these spectacles.

How these grotesque parties shaped archaeology, pop culture, and the myth of the mummy’s curse.

History remembers kings, empires, and battles — but it also remembers when the Victorians unwrapped the ancient dead for fun.

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