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Before Snake Oil, There Was Millenia Old Human Flesh

Saturday, July 26, 2008

In the Middle Ages, in Europe, “thousands of Egyptian mummies preserved in bitumen were ground up and sold as medicine”.[34] The practice developed into a wide-scale business which flourished until the late 16th century. This “fad” ended because the mummies were revealed to actually be recently killed slaves. Two centuries ago, mummies were still believed [...]

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Zombies in Gilgamesh!

Saturday, July 26, 2008

The Epic of Gilgamesh of ancient Sumer includes a mention of zombies. Ishtar, in the fury of vengeance says:
Father give me the Bull of Heaven,
So he can kill Gilgamesh in his dwelling.
If you do not give me the Bull of Heaven,
I will knock down the Gates of the Netherworld,
[...]

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Faerie Came To Dinkytown

Monday, May 12, 2008

She handled it well, asking a couple of snarky questions about gnomes, hobbits, and dragons, which he’d answered to the best of his ability. (“Snotty little pricks who charge too much for their work”, “No, only that ultra-conservative freak could’ve imagined a race of tiny, idealized British peasantry”, and “Well, you have nuclear weapons. We had our own ugly little cold war.”)

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