The Mummy (1999 film)

The Mummy is a 1999 movie written and directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, with Arnold Vosloo as the reanimated mummy of the title. The movie features dialogues in ancient Egyptian language with the assistance of a professional Egyptologist, however the movie has been derided for many factual errors.

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1999 - Stephen Sommers - Brendan Fraser - Rachel Weisz - Arnold Vosloo - Mummy - Egyptian language - Egyptologist

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It is a loose remake of The Mummy (1932), which starred Boris Karloff as the mummy.

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The Mummy - 1932 - Boris Karloff

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Oddly, The Mummy does not take place at the famed Giza pyramids where several Old Kingdom Egyptian pharaohs were buried. Instead, the setting is the fictitious Hamunaptra—the "City of the Dead".

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Giza - Old Kingdom - Pharaoh - Hamunaptra

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