Mummy Movie Podcast

Exhibits that come to life in the night, the Smithsonian Museum, and an evil pharaoh bent on unleashing the darkness from the Underworld. In this episode of the Mummy Movie Podcast, we review Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian and use it as a jumping off point to examine a gruesome practice from 1st Dynasty of Egypt.

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Bibliography
Bard, K. (2000). The emergence of the Egyptian state (c.3200-2686 BC). In Shaw, I (Eds). The Oxford history of Ancient Egypt (pp. 57-83). Oxford University Press

Dijk, J, V. (2007). Retainer sacrifices in Egypt and in Nubia. In Bremmer, J. (Eds). The Strange world of human sacrifice. Peeters

Milde, H. (2012). Shabtis. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology 1-15

Morris, E. F. (2007). Sacrifice for the state: royal funerals and the rites at Macramallah’s Rectangle. In Laneri, N (Eds). Performing Death: Social Analyses of Funerary Traditions in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean (pp. 15-37). The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

Moris, E, F. (2013). (Un)Dying Loyalty: Meditations on Retainer Sacrifice in Ancient Egypt and Elsewhere. In Campbell, R (Eds). Violence and Civilization: Studies of Social Violence in History and Prehistory (pp. 61-93). Oxbow Books

Wilkinson, T. A. (2002). Early Dynastic Egypt. Routledge.
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A wheelchair bound protagonist, a rubber mask wearing mummy, and Lou Ferrigno in a shed. In this episode of the Mummy Movie Podcast, we review Mummy Dearest (2021). Along the way, we also explore the mummification process and see how an individual from ancient Egypt would transition to the afterlife.

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Bibliography
Diodorus Siculus. (1933). Library of history (C. H. Oldfather, Trans.; Vol. 1, Book 1.69–98). Harvard University Press. Retrieved from https://penelope.uchicago.edu/thayer/e/roman/texts/diodorus_siculus/1d*.html

Herodotus. (1920). The histories (A. D. Godley, Trans.; Vol. 1, Book 2.1–98). Harvard University Press. Retrieved from https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Herodotus/2a*.html

Ikram, S. (2010). Mummification. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, 1.

Vos, R. L. (1993). The Apis Embalming Ritual: P. Vindob. 3873 (Vol. 50). Peeters Publishers.

Winlock, H. E. (1973). Materials used at the embalming of King Tut-ʻAnkh-Amun (Vol. 10). Arno Press.
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A tale of exile, deceit and love. In this episode of the Mummy Movie Podcast, we examine the 1954 epic, The Egyptian. On top of that, we also explore the ancient Egyptian tale, The Story of Sinuhe originating in the Middle Kingdom (c. 2055 to 1650 BC).

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Link to Story of Sinuhe: https://mjn.host.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/egyptian/texts/corpus/pdf/Sinuhe.pdf

Bibliography
Aldred, C. (1988). Akhenaten, king of Egypt. Thames and Hudson
Carosso, A. (2012). Cold War Narratives: American Culture in the 1950s (pp. 1-221). Peter Lang.
Hastings, M. (2000). The Korean War. Pan Macmillan.
Jay, J. E. (2008). The Narrative Structure of Ancient Egyptian Tales: From Sinuhe to Setna (Doctoral dissertation, University of Chicago, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations).
Parkinson, R, B.(1998). The tale of Sinuhe and other ancient Egyptian poems, 1940-1640 BC. Oxford University Press
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A couple alone in the woods, a spooky forest and a genuinely creepy villain (what could go wrong!?). In this episode, we review Dolly (2026).

That Phat Samurai Guy
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In 1931, Hollywood entered the Horror Sound Era with a film that took the world by storm. But how does it hold up in the modern day? Does it still give off the initial spooky vibes? Do we still shudder with terror as Bela Lugosi stalks through the shadows? In this episode of the Mummy Movie Podcast, we examine Dracula (1931). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.