Grave Robbers Plundering the Tombs of Pharaohs

The story goes that if the corpses had to be shipped, they were crammed into barrels filled with whisky. This is allegedly where the term rot gut whisky comes from because they would still sell the whisky after the bodies were in there. Plus, maryland had a winter temperate zone where the ground wouldn't freeze over. So grave robbers could capitalize on this service new england and the midwest.