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Afterlives of Ancient Egypt with Kara Cooney
Hollywood and Ancient Egypt
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Hollywood and Ancient Egypt

EPISODE 23 | In this week's episode Kara and Jordan look at ancient Egypt in Hollywood. How accurate are Hollywood depictions of the ancient world? Should we even care? How are “bad” representations harmful? Kara and Jordan dive deep into the top three offenders: orientalism, the portrayal of women, and race. Of course, we also discuss our favorite movie (The Mummy, (1999) and our love of Brendan Fraser (call us!)

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