The+Mummy+Historical+Analysis+hr5

ou and your group has been assigned to one of the historical analysis topics below. First, you will need to give an account of how the historical item, event, person or place is used in the movie. You will then write about the real historical item, event, person or place and compare your finding to the movie.

Post your analysis below:

Hamunaptra: (Ben, Kaley, Allison)
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**Book of the Dead/ Book of the Living: (Jamie, Mikey, Kali)**
Movie: The Book of the dead brought dead people to life, was made out of gold and had magics spells in it. Reality: The book of the dead was actually about life, and those that have conquered it. The book also has nothing to do with mummies and or pyramids. Conclusions: The movie is wrong... DEAD wrong. The book has many stories but, it was never used for spells or anything of the sorts. It was a guide to how we must get through the journey to the next world. Also known as the after life.

**“COMING FORTH AND PASSING THROUGH”**  “The plug has been lifted from the unguent jar. A perfume of hours. The past has been rolled into a scroll I shall not see again. The eye of the hawk is unblinking. Open. Shut. Perfect.  I rise like the sun above olive trees, like the moon above date palms. Where there is light, I shall be. Where there is darkness, there is none of me. I rise like the moon above date palms. I am counted as one among stars.  Beam of light, sun and moon. Shining beast, man and woman. I am passing through. Come outside among the people. I am light. Gaze on me. Moon in darkness, sun in morning. Light is what I will on earth, along the Nile, among the people.  I have traveled through the tomb, dark and lonely ground. I am here now. I have come. I see. In the underworld, I embraced my father. I have burned away his darkness. I am his beloved. I have killed the snake. I have given him meat. I walk in my sleep through earth and heaven.  I have set the sky in two parts. I pass through. I wander the horizons. I have dusted my feet with earth. I have worn the skin of a black panther and chanted into the ears of children. I eat with my mouth. I chew with my jaw. I am a living god come forth. I am with the earth millions of years.”

Egyptian Magi:
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Scarab Beetles: (Jamie, Mikey, Kali)
Movie: The beetles were a part of many pieces of art, and also dug into peoples skin. Reality: Yes, the beetles were a big part of art and the culture. They are known for their habits of pushing dung. Witch in the Egyptian belief was relative to the god Atum, who pushed the sun. Conclusions: The movie was slightly right, but for the most part it didnt really give much info for anyone to really take interest in the beings.

Camel Transportation: (Kenny, Kraig)
Movie: The camels are used for transportation is the movie for uses as food, shelter and to get people from one place to another. Reality:Camel Transportation

They can go for a long time without food or water. It doesn't store water in its humps, thats just a myth. It stores a fatty deposit that provides energy when food is scarce. When a camel is low on energy reserves from lack of food, the hump shrinks and becomes soft and will actually flop over to one side. The camel stores water in its blood stream and can drink up to 21 gallons of water in ten minutes. It can drink water that is to salty or brackish for other animals. A camels mouth is tough and rubbery so that thorns and branches won't damage it. They have thirty four sharp teeth allowing it to bite into almost anything. They have three stomachs like cows. They dont chew their food because there three stomachs digest it well. They evolved or more like started off in North America and traveled across the Bering Striaght Land Bridge during prehistoric times. There are only about 500-700 camels on this earth that remain and most of them are wild living in teh Gobi Desert. They are usually friendly but can go wild at times. They spit a noxious streamof stomach contents. They are very intelligent animals. Throughout time the camel has been of a great help to desert dwellers. It has assisted in shelter, fuel, food and providing transportation. Camels are able to carry up 900 pound but usually they only carry a third of that The main purpose of camels now days is for tourist rides and racing.

Conclusions: They did an excellent job at transportation at the time and they are intelligent creatures.

Imhotep and Anak-su-namun: (Geoff, Jack, Ethan, Chad)
Movie: In the movie Anak-su-namun had a thing on the side of her marriage with Imhotep. In the movie Imhotep was the high priest but not in the same city as real life. Also he had did a great sin in the movie. Reality: Imhotep was an Egyptian polymath who served under the Third Dynasty King, Djoser. He was a chancellor to the pharaoh and high priest of the sun god Ra at Heliopolis. This is a list of all his titles: Chancellor of the King of Lower Egypt Doctor First in line after the king of Upper Egypt Administrator of the Great Palace Hereditary nobleman High priest of Heliopolis Builder Chief carpenter Chief Sculptor Maker of Vases in chief

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Tomb Curses/ Booby Traps: (Noah D, Llyod)
Movie:in the movie when the curse is activated or whatever you wanna call it, the mummy comes to life. in order to stay alive and become immortal it has to eat the people who awoke him's organs, like their eyes and tongue and what not. so he has to kill all them, and still have a woman human sacrafice to be able to wake up and bring this chick he had a thing with back to life.

Reality: ancient curses in egypt were usually written on the tombs or around them. curse inscriptions are also placed on markers protecting temple or the tomb goods and property. it was said that anyone who disturbs the mummy of an ancient pharoah would have a curse placed upon them and would then shortly die after. a curse is actually invisible, related to a mysterious death, unlike in the movie when the mummy actually came to life. it is also possible that a deadly fungus grew in the tombs and was released when the tomb was opened and the fungus was exposed to the air. so instead of a curse killing people they believed it was the fungus. people also believe that the fungus was placed there when the tomb was sealed, so that when somebody trespassed into the tomb, the fungus would be released, and kill the person/s who were trespassing. Conclusions: i think the curse in the movie is fake, and that curses probably do exist over in the pyramids, but they are invisible, not like in the movie. the real curses are kind of similar to native american things, where if you don't do something with the intention it was used for then bad things could happen to you, and your family too....

10 Plagues:
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Mummification:(Geoff, Jack, Ethan, Chad)

 * Movie:** The mummification that they use in the movie is a form of punishment, they mummify people alive
 * Reality**: The process of mummification has two stages. first, the embalming of the body which includes taking the body to a tent then the body gets washed with good smelling palm wine and rinse the body with water from the nile. then one of the embalmers men removes many of the internal organs letting the body decompose. a long hook is used to smash the brain and pull it out through the nose. The body will then be covered and stuffed with natron which will dry out the body. After forty days the body is washed again and covered in oils to help the skin stay elastic. the dehydrated internal organs are wrapped in linen and returned to the body. then the wrapping and burial of the body, first the head and neck are wrapped with strips of fine linen. the fingers and toes are individually wrapped. also the arms and legs are wrapped seperately. between the layers of wrapping, the embalmers place amulets to protect the body in its journey through the underworld. A priest reads spells out loud while the mummy is being wrapped these spells will help ward off evil spirits and help the deceased make the journey to the afterlife. then the arms and legs are tied together. a papyrus scroll with spells from the book of the dead is placed between the wrapped hands. More linen strips are wrapped around the body. at every layer, the bandages are painted together with liquid resin that helps to glue the bandages together. Next a cloth is wrapped around the body and a picture of the god Osiris is painted on its surface.Finally a large cloth is wrapped around the entire mummy. it is attached with strips of linen that run from the top to the bottom of the mummy, and around its middle. A board of painted wood is placed on top of the mummy before the mummy is lowered into its coffin. the first coffin is then put inside a second coffin.
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City of Thebes:
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Religious Beliefs (resurrection):
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Hieroglyphics (writing system):
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Archeology in Egypt:
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