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Victorian Mummymania *** SOLD OUT ***
| Source | http://forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2025/12/tuesday-27-january-2026-victorian.html |
| Author | David |
| Published | 2025-12-19, 10:28 AM |
| Summary | *** SOLD OUT *** Tuesday 27 January 2026Victorian MummymaniaBefore Tutankhamen unleashed his curse and Universal Studios’ mummy shuffled onto our screens, Victorian society was swept up in Egyptomania. Dr Jay Sullivan, author of Egyptian Gothic, unearths the mostly-forgotten trend that was originally more popular than vampire fiction: a 40-year craze for novels about reanimated mummies, cursed jewellery, and nightmarish museums. But sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. At the same time, a m |
| Discovered via | London Fortean Society |
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