b'Egyptomania at the Movies The Foods of Ancient EgyptFriday, Oct. 3, 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, 2 p.m.(Ashcroft movie theater) (Bradford movie theater)The 1922 discovery of the tombAncient Egyptian civilization thrived of Tutankhamun set off a newfor 5,000 years. So, what did all wave of Egyptomania. Ancientthese Egyptians consume? What Egyptian themes emerged inwas a typical dinner? Did they Western fashion, decorative arts,enjoy a glass of beer or wine? popular culture, and even inAlthough the upper-class diet was cinema. Emerging as the storylinemore varied, the majority of ancient of numerous films, ancient EgyptsEgyptian meals centered, primarily, stardom spanned decades . fromaround what was grown along The Mummy with Boris Karloffthe Nile. Utilizing images from (1932) . to Land of the Pharaohsactual archaeological finds, this with Joan Collins (1955) . to illustrated lecture introduces the The Mummy with Brendan Fraserfoods of ancient Egypt. Their diet (1999). As our Halloween class,was far more varied than you might dare we take in the trailers fromthink with its influence spreading these frightening feature films?to ancient Greece and Rome, and Indeed, we do!setting up our final class.54 The Mummy 1932 film poster | Karoly Grosz | Los Angeles Public Library | Public Domain Seti I makes offering to Hathor, Temple of Seti I, Abydos Egypt'