Some of the first tombs explored in Egypt, contained so many mummies the scientists stopped studying them. Instead they were moved, and made into fertilizer.

1879, a ship loaded with mummies ran out of fuel in the mediterrainean. They had to use their cargo to get home.

Not until the year 1900, farmacists sold pulverised mummy, which was considered a 'universal medicin'.

Egypt was fashion in the middle of the 19th century, and a mummy in the lobby was a rare symbol of status in an overclass-home.

1904, a german company offered themselves to mummify dead pets. They claimed to use the same procedure as the old egyptians, but it only took a few months until the mumies began to reek.

edit: typo.

Mummy wrappings were used to make butcher paper during the depression (which is why the brown paper custom is still used today).

Rich people would buy mummies and have "unwrapping parties" in their homes.