Mummy Movie Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

A story of tragedy and forbidden love.

In this episode of the Mummy Movie Podcast, we review the broadway musical, Aida!

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Bibliography

Grajetzki, W. (2024). The Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt: history, archaeology and society. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Manchester Museum. (2024). Manchester Museum Catalogue. Retrieved from https://museumcollections.manchester.ac.uk/

Shaw, I. (1991). Egyptian warfare and weapons. Shire Publications

Török, L. (2008). Between two worlds: The frontier region between Ancient Nubia and Egypt 3700 BC-500 AD (Vol. 29). Brill.

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What's better than one Universal monster? All of the Universal monsters!

In this episode of the Mummy Movie Podcast, we review the Monster Squad from 1987.

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MMP Episode on Scooby Doo Where's my Mummy: https://shows.acast.com/mummymovieodcast/episodes/halloween-special-scooby-doo-in-wheres-my-mummy

Bibliography

Capponi, L. (2005). Augustan Egypt: the creation of a Roman province. Routledge.

Capponi, L. (2011). Roman Egypt. Bristol Classical Press

Delia, D. (1988). The Population of Roman Alexandria. Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-), 118, 275-292.

Muntz, C. E. (2008). Diodorus Siculus, Egypt, and Rome. Duke University.

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Double headed dog mummies, lava monsters, and an erupting volcano. In this episode, we delve into Season 1, episode 5 of the Mummy Animated Series.

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Bibliography:

Bonwick, J. (2019). Captain Cook in New South Wales; Or, The Mystery of Naming Botany Bay. Good Press.

Gammage, B. (1981). Early Boundaries of New South Wales. Australian Historical Studies, 19(77), 524-531.

Ikram, S. (2003). Death and burial in Ancient Egypt. Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press.

McDonald, A. (2014). Animals in Egypt. In The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life (pp. 441-460). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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A classic intro, a dangerous Thuggee cult, and hearts being torn from chests. It can only be the Temple of Doom!

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Bibliography

Chaturvedi, V. (2017). Thuggee and colonialism in India, c. 1757–1857. In The Oxford Handbook of the History of Crime and Criminal Justice (pp. 320-337). Oxford University Press.

Crossley, P, K, Siu, H, M and Sutton, D, S. (2018). Empire at the margins: Culture, ethnicity, and frontier in early modern China. University of California Press.

Dirks, N. B. (1992). The British in India. University of Michigan Press.

Goswami, C. (2018). Lingam. In The Oxford Encyclopaedia of Hinduism. Oxford University Press.

Gupta, M, C. (2019). Siva Lingam: Mythology, science, and significance in Hinduism. Asian Medicine, 14, 128-144

Joshi, A. (1999). The Thuggee problem: Notes towards the cultural history of crime in India. Indian Economic and Social History Review, 36(1), 1-25.

Michaels, A. (2004). Hinduism: Past and Present. Princeton University Press.

Michell, G. (1988). The Thug and the British in India: A Reassessment and Reinterpretation. Man, 23(4), 569-588.

Rosenthal, E. (1983). Thugs and bandits in the Middle East and India: A comparative study. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 25(4), 732-752.

Singh, R. (2008). Shiva, the ultimate timekeeper. Rupa Publications.

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In this weirdly dark and gritty Si-fi Baywatch spinoff, the dead have risen! Now it is up to our heroes, Ryan McBride and Mitch Buchannon to solve the case, and destroy an ancient evil. In this episode of the Mummy Movie Podcast, likely for the first ever time, a trained Egyptologist and archaeologist will asses the historical accuracy of this episode of Baywatch Nights, as well as supplying some background information, and a review.

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Bibliography

Doda, B., & Taschini, L. (2017). Carbon dating: When is it beneficial to link ETSs?. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 4(3), 701-730.

Faulkner, R. O., & Andrews, C. (1990). The ancient Egyptian book of the dead. University of Texas Press.

Hart, G. (2005). The Routledge dictionary of Egyptian gods and goddesses. Routledge.

Hornung, E. (1999). The ancient Egyptian books of the afterlife. Cornell University Press.

IMDB. (2023). Baywatch Nights: The Servant. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home

Lesko, L, H. (1977). The Ancient Egyptian Book of Two Ways. University of California Press: Los Angeles

Ogden. J. (2009). Metals. In Nicholson. P. T and Shaw. I (Eds), Ancient Egyptian materials and technology (pp. 148-176). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Roehrig, C. H., Dreyfus, R., & Keller, C. A. (Eds.). (2005). Hatshepsut, from queen to Pharaoh. Metropolitan Museum of art.

Stadler, M. (2008). Judgment after Death (Negative Confession). UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, 1(1).

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Giant boulders, faces being melted by the wrath of god, terrible archaeology, it can only be Indiana Jones the Raiders of the Lost Ark! In this episode, we look into the background information and historical accuracy of the classic adventure film, and then rate it out of ten.

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Bibliography

Carroll, R., & Prickett, S. (Eds.). (2008). The Bible: Authorized King James Version. Oxford Paperbacks.

García Puchol, O., Diez Castillo, A., & Pardo-Gordó, S. (2018). New insights into the neolithisation process in southwest Europe according to spatial density analysis from calibrated radiocarbon dates. Archaeological and anthropological sciences, 10(7), 1807-1820.

 IMDB. (2023). Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home

Kitchen, K, A. (1995). The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt 1100-650 BC (2nd ed). Warminster: Aris & Phillips Ltd.

Lesko, L. H. (Ed.). (1994). Pharaoh's workers: the villagers of Deir el Medina. Cornell University Press.

 Rotten Tomatoes (2023). Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Retrieved from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/

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Ninjas, Egypt ruling over Japan, a weirdly Napoleonic villain, and all set before 3000 BCE. It's all here in the Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption! Is this film good, bad, or so bad that it is good? Is this film accurate in any way shape or form? Listen on to find out!

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Bibliography

Cummins, A. (2012). In Search of the Ninja: The Historical Truth of Ninjutsu. The History Press.

Groom, N. (2012). The Union Jack: The Story of the British Flag. Atlantic Books Ltd.

Ikram, S. (2015). Death and burial in ancient Egypt. American University in Cairo Press.

IMDB. (2023). The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home

Schulman. A,  (1957) “Egyptian Representations of Horsemen and Riding in the New Kingdom, in the Journal of Near Eastern Studies 16/4 263-271.

Shaw, I. (2001). Egyptian warfare and weapons. Shire Publications

Metropolitan Museum of Art. (2023). Jōmon Culture (ca. 10,500–ca. 300.BC). Retrieved from. https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/jomo/hd_jomo.htm

Rotten Tomatoes (2023). The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption. Retrieved from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/

Tateo, S. (1999). Japan, the Ambiguous, and its Flag and Anthem. Japan Quarterly, 46(4), 3.

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In this episode, we examine the French film, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc Sec. In this instalment, we have sections on the background information of the film and the historical accuracy. Finally, I shall review the film.

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Bibliography

Foster, J, F. (2002) Ancient Egyptian literature: an anthology. University of Texas Press

Assmann, J. (2011). Death and salvation in ancient Egypt. Cornell University Press.

Brier, B., & Wade, R. S. (2001). Surgical procedures during ancient Egyptian mummification. Chungara: Revista de Antropología Chilena, 33(1), 117-123.

Dayagi-Mendels, M. (1989). Perfumes and cosmetics in the ancient world. Cornell University Press

Ibrahim, M. M. (2022). Three mummy warppings of Nesikhonsu (Cairo JE 96813). Shedet, 9(9), 152-170.

Hart, G. (2005). The Routledge dictionary of Egyptian gods and goddesses. Routledge.

Manning, J. G. (2008). Coinage as ‘code’in Ptolemaic Egypt. The Monetary Systems of the Greeks and Romans, 84-111.

Phillips, J. (1997). Punt and Aksum: Egypt and the horn of Africa. The Journal of African History, 38(3), 423-457.

Riemer, H. (2013). Desert road archaeology in ancient Egypt and beyond (Vol. 27). Heinrich-Barth-Institut.

Ross, K., Tadros, M., & Johnson, T. (2018). Christianity in North Africa and West Asia. Edinburgh University Press.

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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is the third, and as of yet, final Brendan Fraser Mummy Movie. Unlike it's two predecessors, it moves away from Egypt and instead focuses on China. In this episode, we shall examine the historical accuracy and background information of the film, and finally review it.

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Bibliography

Ermerins, S. A. (2017). The Forever Army: Qin Shi Huang Di's Terracotta Warriors. Exigence, 1(1), 7.

IMDB. (2023). The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home

Lukas Nickel, The first emperor and sculpture in China, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. University of London vol 76, no. 3 (2013): p. 413.

Rotten Tomatoes (2023). The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Retrieved from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/

Shi, J. (2014). Incorporating All for One: The First Emperor's Tomb Mound. Early China, 37, 359-391.

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