Ancient Egypt Inaccuracies In The Mummy

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Today’s pop culture has used Ancient Egypt as inspiration to make entertainment. Pop Culture sometimes does not represent Ancient Egypt accurately. The Mummy, the 1999 film, is an example of inaccurate information about Ancient Egypt. The Mummy is about a group of archeologists that stumble upon a tomb at Hamunaptra, city of the dead. Inside, the group finds the cursed body of Imhotep, a high priest. When the archeologists find the body, they accidentally bring Imhotep back to life. The archeologists then have to stop Imhotep from causing destruction. One of the main inaccuracies was the way the movie represented one of Ancient Egypt’s burial traditions, mummification. In the film, they inaccurately portray mummification. In the movie,

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