Reviews: The Mummy Who Would Be King

http://tinyurl.com/7a8hp (Oregon Live)
A summary of yesterday's programme, shown in the US: "The Mummy Who Would Be King is a clever title that sets the tone for an engaging Nova documentary that mixes history, drama, comedy and a dash of farce. It also illustrates the absurdly dominating role simple coincidence can play in both history and the discovery of history. The title mummy's almost-certain identity is kept from the viewer until late in the show, but if you saw the news a few years ago, you know. The mummy that is probably Rameses I was identified and returned to its rightful place in Egypt". See the above web page for the full story.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/arts/television/03mart.html

Another on the New York Times website: "It's a little indiscreet to gawk at this proud man's desiccated self, and all the peering and prodding may make you want to sign up pre-need for cremation. The discussions of embalming methods and the mummy's still-potent stench, festering over the eons, will darken your perceptions of bodily decay. (A resulting resolution for 2006: goodbye to beef jerky.) But the "Nova" treatment never seems as macabre or indiscreet as that mystifyingly popular "Bodies" exhibition of posed human specimens". See the above page for more. If you need a username and password, use egyptnews in both fields.