[geeks] "Must See" movies.

Kurt Huhn kurt at k-huhn.com
Tue Mar 26 00:10:46 CST 2002


> That reminds me: having heard that Imhotep, one of my favourite
> figures from the Early Dynastic Period of Egyptian history, appears
> prominently in the recent film "The Mummy", I look forward to seeing
> how they deal with his architectural innovations that led to the
> radically new design of Djoser's step pyramid complex at Saqqara.
> I can think of a few ways they could portray his invention of the
> stone column, or his reworking of traditional reed mat temple
> motifs into monolithic structures...
> 
> I guess I'll just have to wait and see it for myself.

Ah yes.  Suggestion: don't transfer real-world knowledge to this movie. 
The character in the film has nothing common with the actual man -
except the name.  It *is* extremely entertaining though.

Kurt



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