 Mummies And The Wonders of Ancient Egypt,
Journey back to the rich and fantastic world of Ancient Egypt--a world where animals could magically jump out of a hieroglyph and change the meaning of your writing. Where giant pyramids were a gateway to the afterlife. Where a king's ransom could buy an elaborate 70-day process that would guarantee the eternal preservation of your corpse. Episodes: The Great Pyramids, The Sphinx, Hieroglyphics, King Tut.
|  National Geographic's Egypt - Secrets of the Pharaohs (1998),
Who built the pyramids? What were the secrets of mummification? Which treasures were selected for the afterlife and why? For centuries, Egypt's pharaohs have kept these secrets to themselves...until now. Travel to a land of mystery and marvel as archaeologists investigate how the pyramids were actually built. Follow scientists as they re-create the ancient ritual of mummification and discover how the bodies of the pharaohs were preserved.
|  Mysteries of Egypt (1999), Bruce Neibaur (Director)
Spectacular cinematography used in an innovative framework featuring noted actor and native Egyptian Omar Sharif provide a highly entertaining glimpse of ancient Egypt in this documentary from National Geographic. Sharif, playing a grandfather who is explaining the archeological wonders to his inquisitive granddaughter, does a fine job of explaining such puzzles as how the pyramids would have been built and what knowledge their builders must have possessed.
|  The Mummy (1999), Stephen Sommers (Director)
Egyptologist and general mess Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) discovers a map to the lost city of Hamunaptra, and so she hires rogue Rick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser) to lead her there. Once there, Evelyn accidentally unlocks the tomb of Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), a man who had been buried alive a couple of millennia ago with flesh-eating bugs as punishment for sleeping with the pharaoh's girlfriend. The ancient mummy is revived, and he is determined to bring his old love back to life, which of course means much mayhem (including the unleashing of the 10 plagues) and human sacrifice. Keep in mind this film is as much comedy as it is adventure--those looking for a straightforward horror pic will be disappointed. But for those who want good old-fashioned eye-candy kind of fun, The Mummy ranks as one of choicest flicks of 1999.
|  The Mummy Returns (2001), Stephen Sommers (Director)
Dormant for 5,000 years, under control of the Egyptian god Anubis, the Scorpion King will rise again in 1933, which is where we find The Mummy's returning heroes Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, now married and scouring Egyptian ruins with their 8-year-old son, Alex (Freddie Boath). The Mummy Returns is best enjoyed as an intermittently amusing and physically impressive monument of Hollywood machinery, with gorgeous sets that scream for a better showcase, and digital trickery that tops its predecessor in ambition, if not in payoff. By the time our heroes encounter a hoard of ravenous pygmy mummies, you'll probably enjoy this movie in spite of itself.
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noun: Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic = a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC. containers: Middle East, Mideast, Near East; Africa; Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries, OPEC; Arab League; generalisation: African country, African nation; parts: Aswan High Dam, Aswan Dam, High Dam; Sinai, Sinai Peninsula; Lower Egypt; Upper Egypt; Alexandria, El Iskandriyah; Aswan, Assuan, Assouan; Cairo, Al Qahira, El Qahira, Egyptian capital, capital of Egypt; El Alamein; Giza, El Giza; Memphis; Luxor, El-Aksur; Thebes; Saqqara, Saqqarah, Sakkara; Suez; Suez Canal; Libyan Desert; Lake Nasser, Nasser; Nile, Nile River; Egyptian;
Egyptian Empire, Egypt = an ancient empire west of Israel; centered on the Nile River and ruled by a Pharaoh; figured in many events described in the Old Testament. generalisation: empire;
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