In 1895’s Egypt archaeologists John Banning (Cushing), his father Stephen (Felix Aylmer) and his uncle Joseph Whemple (Raymond Huntley) are searching for the tomb of Princess Ananka, the high priestess of the god Karnak.
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Erik Hornung, David Lorton The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife (Cornell University Press (June 1999), 123.The first movie in the series was 1959’s The Mummy starring Christopher Lee & Peter Cushing. IMDb: The internet Movie Database 1990-2009, Inc., Directed by David Schwimmer and written by David Schwimmer and Lloyd Fo’nvielle. However I also think that no matter how entertaining the movie, the real history deserves to be recognized. However, people like me watch movies to learn, if the ideas expressed in these movies with historical references are factual, knowledge is gained. Overall I found the movie engaging and fun from a entertainment standpoint. She says, “And they took your heart out too.” 1 The Egyptians believed the heart to be the seat of the soul, and would later be needed for your judgment, so it was left in the body. While observing the mummy Evelyn describes the mummification process to Rick.
Capital punishment did exist in Egypt, and the closest to capital punishment that might have occurred was having been impalement or decapitation. For one, I don’t think people were buried alive during those Ancient Egyptian times. In punishment Imhotep is bestowed with the Hom-Da, which in the movie is depicted as the worst form of torture, to be mummified alive. The High priest started a forbidden relationship with Anck Su Namun, Pharaoh Seti’s Mistress. According to the storyline, Imhotep has done a forbidden thing. The last aspect of the movie I found interesting was the process of mummification. There is also one specific cemetery in Cairo called “city of the dead.” The land of the dead is on another plane of existence in ancient Egyptian beliefs and to get there you must be dead therefore an actual city is nonexistent. In modern Cairo there are many cemeteries and because of the way they do burials it looks like huge abandoned cities in the middle of a densely populated area. Saqqara is one of the oldest, but even the Giza Pyramids or the Valley of the Kings or Queens would be considered the same. After doing research I found that in Ancient Egypt any major burial site was considered a city of the dead. įor one, Hamunaptra is a fictional Egyptian city. In the end, the heroes and heroine find the Book of Amun-Re and use it to defeat Imhotep. The ensuing battle over the girl and the future of Egypt takes place at Hamunaptra, where a myriad of mummy shenanigans take place. After killing the holders of his canopic jars and harvesting their organs to replace his own, Imhotep attempts to kidnap the female Egyptologist in order to sacrifice her to bring back Anck-Su-Namun. After one of the main characters reads the first passage of the book, Imhotep returns to life. During the course of discovering the city, they stumble upon the mummy of Imhotep and the Book of the Dead. In a nutshell, the movie begins with flash forward to 1925 C.E, where a brother and sister team of Egyptologists enlist the help of a former Legionnaire to help them find Hamunaptra. On the other hand when having studied Ancient Egypt in your Africa and the World History Class for weeks, and having completed several class assignments on the subject, one takes a different outlook on movies that have a historical background to certain events and places. If one were to watch the movie as an average consumer who enjoys a good action packed movie, then one would find this movie to be a good one. Overall all I found the movie to be a fun and witty adventure of Ancient Egyptian times. Throughout the film the most basic historical facts on architecture, costume, characters, and technological innovations were either misinterpreted or completely ignored. However, though The Mummy had many positive aspects, there were some problems in the movie’s accuracy when it came to Historical context of Ancient Egypt. The storyline was believable and Sommers did a superb job directing the entire production. The movie was suspenseful and humorous at the same time. According to sales, The Mummy has proven itself to be one of the best blockbusters of 1999. The adventure you have yet to imagine.” is a thought provoking line from Stephen and Lloyd Fo’nvielle’s The Mummy.
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