A long lost Egyptian royal cache, theft, and a moral conundrum. It can only be one of the greatest Egyptian films of all time, The Night of Counting the Stars. In this episode, I shall look into the fascinating background information of the film, asses its historical accuracy, and review the film.Email: [email protected] in motion. (2023). Al-Mumia: The night of counting the years 1969. Retrieved from https://www.africa-in-motion.org.uk/ Aldred, C. (1979). More light on the Ramesside tomb robberies. In J. Ruffle, G. Gaballa, and K. Kitchen (Eds), Glimpses of Ancient Egypt: studies in honour of H. W. Fairman (pp. 96-99). London: Aris and Phillipsal-Salām, S. A., & Toufic, J. (1999). The Night of Counting the Years (aka The Mummy). Discourse, 21(1), 89-126. Belova, G. A., & Graefe, E. (2010). The royal cache TT 320: A re-examination. Der el Kutub. Broekman, G. (2018). The 21st Dynasty: The theocracy of Amun and the position of the Theban priestly families. The Coffins of the Priests of Amun: Egyptian Coffins from the Collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, 13-20. Cinema Sojourns. (2022). The Night of counting the years. Retrieved from https://cinemasojourns.com/ Cooney, K, M. (2009). Private sector tomb robbery and funerary arts reuse according to West Theban documentation. In Toivari-Viitala, J, Vartiainen, T, and Uvanto, S (Eds), Deir el-Medina Studies: Helsinki, June 24-26, 2009: proceedings (pp. 16-29). Helsinki : Suomen Egyptologinen Seura ry.Ikram, S. (2001). The iconography of the hyena in Ancient Egyptian art. Mitteilungen des deutschen archaologischen instituts abteilung Kairo, 127-14IMDB. (2023). The night of counting the years. Retrieved from https://www.imdb.com/?ref_=nv_homeJohnston, J. (2013). Rewriting History: Shadi Abdel Salam’s ‘The Night of Counting the Years’. A. Dodson et al. A Good Scribe and An Exceedingly Wise Man: Studies in Honour of WJ Tait, 168-176. Rotten Tomatoes (2023). The night of counting the years. Retrieved from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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