Episode 57: The Mummy (1999) with Jay Jay and Patty

Ross is away today but we’re joined by Jay Jay and Patty from the University of the Philippines to discuss The Mummy (1999), a remake of the classic Universal monster movie which has become a classic in its own right. Regular listeners know how much we love Brendan Fraser and also that we don’t know anything about Ancient Egypt, so Patty and Jay Jay help us navigate the history of papyrus, pigments, and petitions to drink coffin juice.

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In this episode:

• University of the Philippines Diliman School of Archaeology

• Jay Jay’s ResearchGate profile

• Seti I, second Pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty

• Corridor Crew reacts to The Mummy

• Cosmetics in Ancient Egypt

• What King Tut’s tomb really cursed?

• The history of library catalogues

• The history of the Hebrew language

• The petition to drink the red mummy juice

• Papyrus, parchment, and paper

• Dwellers on the Nile by E.A. Wallis Budge

• Universal’s abandoned “Dark Universe”