The Mummy in Fact, Fiction and Film

The Mummy in Fact, Fiction and Film
ISBN-10
0786431148
ISBN-13
9780786431144
Category
Performing Arts
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
2001-12-03
Publisher
McFarland
Authors
Tom Johnson, Susan D. Cowie

Description

In 1922, when Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen, much of what was then known about mummies came from the writing of Greek historian Herodotus and from the paintings on the walls of Egyptian tombs. Even before 1922, the mummy had been the subject of fiction, with such writers as Bram Stoker and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tackling the subject, and early films dating back to 1901. In this work, the authors present the religious, social and scientific aspects of mummies as well as an in-depth discussion of facts about them (largely Egyptian, but including other kinds of mummies). Then, how mummies are portrayed in fiction and in the movies is discussed. Stories and films in which the mummy is a focal character are listed.

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