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For the project Hollywood and History I watched the movie called “The Mummy.” This film was filmed in 1999. In the opening scene the narrator gives us an overview of the supposed city of Thebes. He then goes on to talk about how a priest named Imhotep is in a relationship with Anck Su Namun. She was Pharaoh Seti’s forbidden mistress. Whoever touches her will be killed. Once the Pharaoh finds out what’s going on Anck Su and Imhotep stab him. Anck Su then stabs herself, leaving Imhotep to be captured by the Pharaoh’s guards and given the worst curse known as Hom Dai. There is a battle between two different groups which leaves Rick O’Connell caught by the enemy. Before he was shot a sand like force caused the enemies to flee. Jonathan Carnahan shows his sister a box and map that shows a map that leads to the city of the dead. He admits that it was stolen from Rick. They go to save him from being killed, and he agrees to lead them to the city. Evelyn wants to find the book of the living, but they end up finding the remains of Imhotep buried under a statue of Anubis. The American treasure hunters discover a chest and found the cursed book of the dead. They also find the five Canopic jars. This film differentiates from the material taught in the academic setting, and many examples are shown throughout the movie. In the …show more content…

Imhotep was credited with the creation of the step pyramid. This difference in time leads me to believe that Imhotep should have been dead by the time Pharaoh Seti was in power. I am not sure why the director needed Imhotep to be one of the main characters in the film. I also question if these three figures were all related and significant to each other during the times they were alive. If the director randomly pulled three significant figures together from Egyptian history, I wonder why he picked them, and not

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