George Gliddon: Robbing Graves & Unwrapping Mummies

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #028: Dr. Samuel George Morton, George Gliddon, & John Worrell Keely: Bad Science, part 2

George Robbins Gliddon probably taught Americans more about ancient Egypt than anyone up to his time, but he then got caught up in Morton’s scientific racism and the thrill of robbing graves for their heads and mummified remains.  Edgar Allen Poe even wrote a story about him.