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Why we love and fear mummies (The Mummy (PLOT (2017) (A recently unearthed…
Why we love and fear mummies
The Mummy
PLOT (2017)
A recently unearthed female mummy is enraged
Mummy chases tomb raider, Morton, to the other side of the world
Mummy unleashes a millenium's worth of bottled up anger
1932: First major, succesful mummy film (The Mummy)
1991: remake + 2001: sequel "The mummy returns"
Often Z movies (with some exceptions) + generally receive bad press
Long-standing patent
Mummies unleashed
Tales of:
Forbidden love
Terrible curses
Eroticism
Death
Play on fear of mummies and their ancient curses
Fascination for Egyptian corpses
History
1822: French scholar awed by Egypt => deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics
1857: Book in which archaeologists discovered a mummy that was perfectly preserved
1880s: Discovery of multiple mummies who were pharaohs => nourishes growing Egyptomania
1881: public fascinated by refined techniques used to preserve mummies
1892: Book by Sir Conan Doyle
Theme = Inspiration for most horror films in the 21st century
A mummy is brought back to life by a student and used as a weapon
1922: Discovery king Tut => Peak Egyptomania
Created urban legend: Egyptologist died a year after the discovery => Curse on all EU archaeologists that took part in the discovery
Mummification process
Take out the bowels
Place body in a bath of natron, Na2CO3 mic for +/- 40 days until completely dehydrated
Remove the brain through the nostrils using bronze hooks
Only the heart is kept in place => needed resurrection in afterlife
Mummification in other countries/times
Alexander the Great dies 323 BC => Mummy placed and worshipped in mausoleum in centre of Alexandria
During the communist era
Stalin
Lenin
Mao