Ancient Egypt: Difference between revisions

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See also [[Build Like an Egyptian]], [[Pyramid Power]].

 

* [[Ancient Astronauts]]: Often attributed to this time period, even though history and science have both marched well beyond believing in them. What you see in ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' is just similar, though.

* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Standard practice for Pharaohs. This was because while the Pharaoh was [[Always Male]] (with a few exceptions), succession to the throne passed through the daughter: the person who became Pharaoh was the man who married the eldest daughter of the senior wife of the previous Pharaoh (or something like that), meaning a lot of princes married their half-sisters to get the throne.

* [[The Punishment]] (The Curse of the Mummy)

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' Ancient Egypt is the origin of a few of the major characters, the [[MacGuffin|Millennium artifacts]], and the children's [[Yu-Gi-Oh (Tabletop Game)|trading card game]].

* The classic [[Shoujo]] manga ''[[Oke no Monshou]]'' has a girl named Carol Reed thrown back in time, reaching [[Ancient Egypt]].

 

== Comic Books ==

* ''[[Asterix]] and Cleopatra''.

* A number of [[DC Comics]]' legacies have their origin here: [[Blue Beetle]], [[Hawkman]], [[Doctor Fate]], [[Shazam|Black Adam]]...

 

== Film ==

* Most [[Mummy]] movies, including ''[[The Mummy (film)|The Mummy]]'', ''[[The Mummy's Hand|The Mummys Hand]]'', and ''[[The Mummy Trilogy]]'', have scenes which take place in Ancient Egypt, considering it's obviously the location for the backstory.

* The [[Elizabeth Taylor]] movie ''[[Cleopatra]]''.

 

== Literature ==

* In the third book of ''[[The Bartimaeus Trilogy]]'' there are parts set in Ptolemaic Egypt. They're backstory bits of Bartimaeus with his long dead, and much cared for, master...Ptolemy.

* Pretty much anything by Wilbur Smith.

 

== Live Action TV ==

* ''[[The Cleopatras]]''

* Some parts of the ''[[Rome]]'' TV series.

 

== Music ==

* [[Michael Jackson]]'s music video "Remember the Time".

* ''[[Nile]]'', obviously.

 

== Theatre ==

* ''Aida'' (Verdi's opera) and ''Aida'' (the [[Disneyfication|Disneyfied]] Broadway musical).

 

== Video Games ==

* The incredibly [[Squick|disturbing]] game ''[[Wax Works]]'' features a level set in a mazelike pyramid, chock full of booby traps, hostile guards, and [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|snakes and a crocodile.]]

* ''[[Sonic 3 and Knuckles]]'' has the Sandopolis Zone, which is [[Ancient Egypt]] [[Recycled in Space|ON A FLOATING ISLAND!]]

 

== Web Original ==

* The [[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]] featured the heroic weather-controlling crimefighter Pharaoh, who was, in fact, Pharaoh Imhotep II brought forward to the modern era by a supervillain's plot.

* [[Running Gag|Repeatedly]] lampshaded in ''[[Atop the Fourth Wall]]''. Linkara points out all the traps and tricks and concludes that it's a death trap. Now when it appears, a picture of the pyramids appears with the Imperial March from Star Wars accompanying it.

 

== Western Animation ==