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Arts & Entertainment

Show Me the Mummy Lecture

This is a highly illustrated lecture exploring the history of ancient Egyptian mummies in literature, art and cinema. 

Both educational and entertaining, the lecture explores the development of mummy themes (mummy-mania?) in Western literature and fine art through the 19th century; a genre that evolved into a string mummy themed movies that stretches nearly a century. Images of illustrations from 19th century literature and actual movie trailers from over six decades of mummy movies highlight the talk

Presenter: Stephen Phillips, PhD Univ. of Penn Museum

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