An Aztec Priest, an ancient evil, and the end of the fifth age of the earth. In this episode, we travel to Mexico to look into Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy from the year 2000. In the UK, this film was instead titled Bram Stoker's the Legend of the Mummy 2.

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Names and Terms

Cihuateteo = Devine Goddesses that haunt crossings and bring misfortune.

Huītzilōpōchtli = A solar and war god. The patron god of the Aztecs.

Mictlan = A hell like place of suffering beneath the earth where the Aztec's believed most people went after death.

Tlachtli = the court in which a Mesoamerican ballgame was played.

Tzitzimime = Deities with skeletal faces, webbed hands and feet, and necklaces of hands and hearts.

Bibliography

Aguilar-Moreno, M. (2006). Handbook to life in the Aztec world. Infobase Publishing

Burland, C, and Forman, W. (1980). The Aztecs: gods and fate in ancient Mexico. Orbis Publishing

IMDB. (2023). Ancient Evil: Scream of the Mummy. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home

Jones, M. (2002). Bram Stoker's Legend of the Mummy 2. Retrieved from https://moviearchive.citizencaine.org/

Pennock, C, D. (2008). Bonds of blood: gender, lifecycle and sacrifice in Aztec culture. Palgrave Macmillan Publishing

Soustelle, J. (1955). Daily life of the Aztecs: on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest. O’Brian, P (Trans). Stanford University Press

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The Land of the Dead, A colonial Villian, and a Stolen Wedding Ring. In this episode, we look at the animated film Mummies from 2023.

In terms of the cast for this film, Eleanor Tomlinson plays Pincess Nefer, Joe Thomas plats Thut, and Sean Bean plays Pharaoh.

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External Links for Information on Akhenaten

Religion For Breakfast (2023). Akhenaten: The First Monotheist? Atenism. Retrieved from Akhenaten: The First Monotheist? | Atenism

History of Egypt Podcast (2019). 108, AKA Amunhotep IV. Retrieved from https://www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com/aka-amunhotep-iv-episode-108/

Bibliography

Allen, J. P. (2004, May). Some aspects of the non-royal afterlife in the Old Kingdom. In The Old Kingdom Art and Archaeology, Proceedings of the Conference held in Prague, May (pp. 9-17).

Brier, B and Hobbs, H. (2008). Daily life of the ancient Egyptians. Greenwood Press

Hart, G. (2005). The Routledge dictionary of Egyptian gods and goddesses. Routledge.

IMDB. (2023). Mummies. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home

Lewis, N. (2001). Greeks in ptolemaic Egypt. American Society of Papyrologists.

Rotten Tomatoes (2023). Mummies. Retrieved from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/

Shaw, I. (1991). Egyptian warfare and weapons. Shire Publications

Tartaglione, N. (2023). ‘Mummies’: Thrifty Spanish Animation Hit Unwraps $50M At Worldwide Box Office And Provides “Another Perspective” On Family Comedy. Retrieved from Deadline – Hollywood Entertainment Breaking News

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A coat of many colours, a mircle child, and a classic story. Joseph: King of Dreams is the prequal to the Dreamworks animated classic Prince of Egypt. In this episode, as well as reviewing the film, we also examine the background information for the film, and assess its historical accuracy.

In terms of the film's cast: Richard McGonagle plays Pharaoh, Mark Hamil plays Judah, Richard Herd plays Jacob, and Ben Affleck plays the main character, Joseph.

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Bibliography

Bagnato, D. (2006). The Westcar papyrus: a transliteration, translation and language analysis. Edition Atelier.

Bedell, E. D. (1973). Criminal law in the Egyptian Ramesside period. Brandeis University.

Ilin-Tomich, A. (2016). Second Intermediate Period. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, 1(1).

IMDB. (2023). Joseph: king of Dreams. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_home

Janssen. (1970). Commodity prices from the Ramesside Period. Leiden: Brill

Lorton, D. (1977). The treatment of criminals in ancient Egypt: through the New Kingdom. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient/Journal de l'histoire economique et sociale de l'Orient, 2-64.

McDonald, A. (2014). Animals in Egypt. In The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life (pp. 441-460). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Rotten Tomatoes (2023). Joseph: King of Dreams. Retrieved from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/

Shaw, I. (1991). Egyptian warfare and weapons. Shire Publications

Stadelmann, R. (1985). Die ägyptischen Pyramiden: vom Ziegelbau zum Weltwunder. Mainz

VerSteeg, R. (2002). Law in ancient Egypt. Carolina Academic Press

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