{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/679e3aaff0c4d1869108674c/679e3abae7c33ddc003d48b9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Mummy (1999 Movie)","description":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2105829/open_sms\">Send us a text</a></p><p>This week we’re joined by Em, host of Verbal Diorama, to discuss quite possibly the perfect movie: the 90s adventure, horror fun-time classic, The Mummy. Em explains how the film came to be (thank-you Babe: Pig in the City) whilst Kim and Alice find out that love makes you do some crazy things, like unhinge your jaw and cover Egyptians in boils.<br/><br/>For more fascinating film history, you can find Em at:<br/><a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/verbal-diorama/id1453296967'>Verbal Diorama Podcast</a><br/><br/><br/>Sound Engineer: Keith Nagle<br/>Editor: Keith Nagle<br/>Producer: Helen Hamilton<br/><br/><b>Sources<br/></b><br/></p><ul><li>Blog post: <a href='https://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/2017/07/22/representation-and-reality-in-the-mummy-1999/ '><em>Egypt at the Manchester Museum, </em>“Representation and Reality in ‘The Mummy’ (1999)” by Matt Szafran</a>    AND <a href='https://egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/2020/05/31/the-cult-of-imhotep-part-1/'>“The Cult of Imhotep” </a></li><li>Screenrant article: <a href='https://screenrant.com/how-much-of-mummy-1999-is-real/ '>“How much of The Mummy 1999 is actually real?” </a></li><li><a href='https://www.ees.ac.uk/ '>Egypt Exploration Society website</a></li><li>Egypt Exploration Society <a href='https://ees.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/DownloadImageFile.ashx?objectId=1565&amp;ownerType=0&amp;ownerId=18347'>1926 Annual Report</a></li><li>BBC podcast <em>The Forum </em>episode: <a href='https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csyp54 '>“Imhotep, the man behind The Mummy” </a></li><li>Blog post: Clare College, University of Cambridge, <a href='https://stories.clare.cam.ac.uk/egyptomania/index.html'>“Egyptomania” by Toby Wilkinson </a></li><li>Article from <a href='https://enterprise.press/archive-wealth/look-back-egypts-roaring-20s/'><em>Enterprise: The State of the Nation</em> (Egypt): “A look back at Egypt’s roaring ‘20s” </a></li><li>Sky History article: <a href='https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-curse-of-king-tutankhamun-and-the-mummy-s-tomb '>“The curse of Tutankhamun and the mummy’s tomb” </a></li></ul>","author_name":"Alice Nagle and Kimberly Marsh"}