An extremely poor understanding of medical science.
It was common practice in Europe to create antidotes and tinctures from human body parts. Powdered skull to help with migraines and epilepsy, blood for vitality, and so on.
Mummies were just a convenient source of raw materials.
cw: discussion of cannibalism
It was common practice in Europe to create antidotes and tinctures from human body parts. Powdered skull to help with migraines and epilepsy, blood for vitality, and so on.
Mummies were just a convenient source of raw materials.