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Weird Industries from the Past: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt

Weird Industries from the Past: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt

by Kate Dolan | Jan 31, 2026 | Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Romans

We all know that the Egyptians mummified their kings and invested quite a bit of money and time in the process. What I didn’t know, until I saw an exhibit at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore recently, is that the Egyptians also mummified millions of animals with...

When black was beautiful

by Kate Dolan | Jan 6, 2013 | Articles, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History

We all know that people of African descent were not treated well in Europe and the Americas during the 18th and 19th Centuries. But if we look back to an earlier time, the Renaissance age, Africa and its people were viewed as exotic, unique and therefore often...

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