Kyra Boisseree’s Reviews > 24 Hours in Ancient Egypt: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There > Status Update

Every time I tell my students that hippos kill a lot of people in Africa every year, they tell me I’m wrong, and yet this book agrees with me. I need a 3rd source

This book actually managed to make me squeamish about embalming at one point, which is a feat. That being said, I wouldn’t say the description was overly sensationalized. I had just never thought about the concept of washing the body out once you’ve removed most of the organs.