>>4964409British burned mummies to power trains, or to destroy them in spiritist sessions.
French ate the mummies to achieve immortality.
At some point in the XVIIIth century, there were no more mummies, but there was still a strong demand for them.
So Jews started forging mummies using the corpses of their black slaves that died of famine and diseases, to sell to Europeans.
The business was so prolific, envious Muslims took over the Jewish slave and Mummy industry, and kept doing so until slavery got abolished, at which point the raw material was no longer available.
As a result of this, most mummies are forgeries. Museums know this, but pretend they don't.