MUMMIES

"He threw his hands up into the air, burst into a harsh clatter of words, and then, hurling himself down upon the ground beside the mummy, he threw his arms round her, and kissed her repeatedly upon the lips and brow."
[Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Ring of Thoth"]

"They broke in upon me and found me doing an unholy thing."
[Boris Karloff in The Mummy (1932)]


Introduction to Mummies
popular cultural history and commentary.

Mummy Filmography
from silent to recent films.

Mummy Literature
primary texts and secondary sources.

The Curse of the Mummy's Text
a portion of an unpublished article about mummies in popular culture.

Discovery Channel Interview
a producer found this page and interviewed me for a web site promotion of their mummy programs.



Monsters Frontpage


Dr. Michael Delahoyde, Senior Instructor, Department of English
delahoyd@wsu.edu
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This site last updated 1 May 2004.