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Pints of Knowledge: How to Make a Mummy
Big Penny Social
Ancient Egypt's mummification wasn't just about preserving bodies. It was theology, ritual, astronomy, and a statement about what happens after death. Hugo D. Cook walks through the process: amulet placement, the ritual work, the cosmic timing. He also explores the stranger turns - why baboons were mummified in such numbers, what ancient grave robbers were actually after, how mummy remains ended up as pigment in paintings centuries later.
Cook is an Egyptologist with real reach. Trained at both Oxford and Cambridge, published by Macmillan, he's one of the few academic voices that reaches millions online. What matters for an evening like this is that he doesn't just cite sources - he can explain the logic underneath, which means even the weirdest details start to make sense. Come for the beer, come for the knowledge. This is the kind of talk that lands because the person leading it actually knows.
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When is Pints of Knowledge: How to Make a Mummy?
Wed 2 Sept
Where is Pints of Knowledge: How to Make a Mummy?
Big Penny Social, London (E17 6AL).
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