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Ancient Egypt and its many mysteries.
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» sphinx6000 - Questions? I study Egypt as a profession and acquire to become an Egyptologist. I have noticed that many people have questions about Ancient Egypt and things and places that occurred in The Mummy. If anyone has any questions I might be able to answer them. Please e-mail me at sphinx6000@go.com or at meowth_500@yahoo.comLeilah @}------ -- posted by sphinx6000 » Pharaoh_Dayan_I - What i think.... Well the only thing I have to tell you is that egypt's popularity is growing by the minute, and mostly thanks to the movie "The Mummy".I am almost 15 and i have studied egypt for about one year to the present date. So far I think i know a lot. so anyone who wants answers i'll be happy to give them to you! And to all of the fans of ancient egypt, keep searching, and looking for answers, and teach the wonderful things about egypt to everybody you know! Pharaoh Dayan I -- posted by Pharaoh_Dayan_I » Djehuty - Let's start this discussion! About the movie "The Mummy," it is mostly fiction. For example, in the movie it shows the Pharaoh Seti I being slashed with the scimitars of a high priest and one of Seti's concubines. This is completely inaccurate. The mummy of Seti I was found completely intact in the secrert Deir-el-Bahri royal mummy cache. In fact, this mummy is exceptionally well preserved, and is often shown as an example of the high art of embalming during the 19th Dynasty. Seti I died of natural causes. Another rather obviously false feature is the spell to raise the dead, interrupted in all versions by some authorities. No spell ever existed, and, in fact, there would be no motivation to use it. To raise someone from the dead would be to deny them eternal life. If one's lover died, you would wait to be reunited in the next world.-- posted by Djehuty » lizzyJ - Any possible basis for The Mummy? I agree that it is not logical for a people who believed in an afterlife to raise the dead, but have a question about that nonetheless. What about a person who might have been condemned in the afterlife, such as Imhotep was in the movie? I remember it being said that the sacred spells had been chisled off of his casket. If, for argument's sake, something like that had been done to a person who had committed a horrible crime, then, if a lover wanted that person to live again would he/she not have reason to raise them? Or, in the case of The Mummy, Imhotep knew he would never see his love again because he was so comdemned, would he not have reason to try to raise her?I know that the Egyptians went to great lengths to prepare for the afterlife, and placed much importance on it. It would make sense, even if it isn't historically correct, to make the worst of all possible punishments to be the taking away of a person's happiness for all eternity. OK.....given that......do any of you scholars theorize that it might have been possible for a true story along similar lines? Thanks, Liz -- posted by lizzyJ » kaylegal - Re: Any possible basis for The Mummy? In response to The Mummy: My reading tells me that there are no curses or spells in Egyptian. It's possible that if someone committed a terrible crime, he might not be prepared for the afterlife by the priests, and that would be the worst punishment, I would guess. No one knows where Ahknaten's body is. Does that mean he was just tossed out in the desert? Something to ponder.-- posted by kaylegal » spiderwolf - Re: What i think.... In response to message posted by Pharaoh_Dayan_I:Dayan, Do you know the exact location of Ahm Shere, if so where is it, and do you even know what it is? -- posted by spiderwolf
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