Went to a rally today for the local Dems and Paula Collins, who is running to unseat Stefanik. It was fantastic. Then I went to a Halloween event at a house museum, where they discussed burial/mourning rituals from different cultures.

I learned that, when wrapping mummies, the Egyptians would include gems and such. Then I learned that wealthy Europeans would buy Egyptian mummies and have unwrapping parties to see what falls out. 😱

And sometimes the mummies were then ground up and used in "medicines" that were thought to make people live longer.