The Creepiest Artifacts in Museums Around the World

Embalming Kit

This extensive embalming kit dates back from the turn of the 20th century. Most Americans regarded embalming as a pagan ritual until the Civil War when soldiers who were dying far from home needed to be embalmed to be transported home. 

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