Stiff Drinks:
Eating Mummies

Stiff Drinks closes its 2026 run with Eating Mummies, a lecture moving through mid-19th-century Egyptomania, corpse medicine, and curative cannibalism, including the collection and consumption of Egyptian mummy remains and the use of ground mummy parts in paint. The talk traces a tomb-raiding network tied to Philadelphia through The Academy of Natural Sciences and Laurel Hill Cemetery, with mummy thieves, skull collectors, federal employees, and scientists in an age of scientific racism. An ancient mummy part may be on display. After the talk, the holiday “horror-days” edition of Horror Movie Trivia follows, with edible and gross prizes for the top three teams. Limited seats are available; tickets are on sale. Presented by The Six Feet Under Society and the Friends of Mt. Vernon Cemetery.