"I know my treasure"

Rick O'Connell in the 1999 Universal Studios remake of The Mummy

Have you ever been kept awake at night by wondering where they got all the ideas and influences for the Egyptian design,  props and set dressing in The Mummy ?  I'm afraid to say that I have been so afflicted, sad, aren't I?  To save you from sleepless nights and endless days, looking for things in books and trailing round museums this librarian has done it for you. Here are a few pages giving a breakdown of what is what, and why they used it and what they should have known not to do. Please Click on the Canopic Jars

Thebes - 1290BC

Cairo 1926

City of the living, Crown Jewel of Pharaoh Seti I.  Home of Imhotep, High Priest of Osiris; birthplace of Ankh-su-namum, Pharoah's mistress....

Visit the real Cairo Museum of Antiquities and compare it with the film.  Makes you wonder what they will do with the British Museum in the sequel.

Hamanaptra City of the Dead

Evelyn's Library

What a real librarian thinks about the library seen in the film.

Burial site  of the sons of pharaohs and resting place of the wealth of Egypt.

Egyptian Costume Special!

So many people have asked me about the costumes worn by the Egyptians in the film I've decided to create some pages about them.

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