Historical Movie Review: The Mummy

were either skewed in some way or completely ignored. In addition many blatantly obvious points on the role of men and women and class structure and were overlooked.

Of all the characters in the film only Imhotep and Anck-Su-Namun have a place in history, the rest are completely fictional. This, however, does not mean the Imhotep and Anck-Su-Namun of the film are as they are perceived in history. His portrayal in the movie was somewhat more than unflattering, as he was shown, in essence, to be an high priest that fell in love with one of the pharaoh Seti I wives, Anck-Su-Namun, then returns as an evil half-dead creature. All, save that Imhotep being a high priest, is made up. Imhotep lived during the reigns of Khasekhem and Djoser around 2980 BCE, almost 2000 years befo

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