Hamunaptra

Hamunaptra
Continent	Africa
Location	Egypt
Points of interest	Statue of Anubis Statue of Horus Seti's Treasure Chamber
Population	Children of Ancient Egyptian royalty (deceased) Imhotep (deceased) Imhotep's priests (deceased) Warrior priests
First appearance	The Mummy
Latest appearance	The Summoning
Cause	Destroyed and abandoned upon finding artifacts

“	...City of the Dead, ancient burial site for the sons of Pharaohs, and resting place for the wealth of Egypt.	”
–Ardeth Bay's description of the City of the Dead., The Mummy

Hamunaptra also known as the City of the Dead was an ancient lost city that served for many centuries as the resting place for the Pharaohs of Egypt and their wealth. The vast necropolis contained precious artifacts and antiquities from the wealthiest of Egypt's Pharaohs, as well as their remains and was guarded intently by the Pharaoh's elite guards, the Medjai in ancient times and for centuries into modern times.

Location

Set in a remote area of the vast Sahara, Hamunaptra held such high importance that none but the Medjai and the High Priest of Osiris could ever know its location. The city was fiercely guarded by the Medjai warriors and by warrior priests, with any that found the city silenced so as not to divulge its location; a burial within the city could only be attended by the High Priest of Osiris and his priests, accompanied by soldiers and slaves. Slaves were made to do the hardest work when in the city, digging graves, wherein they were promptly killed off by soldiers that were in turn murdered by the priests so that none might ever reveal the exact location. The City of the Dead had been established some time into the ascent of the New Kingdom, replacing the Pyramids of old as the resting place of the Pharaohs and their possessions and was host to a number of different booby-traps and deterrents of grave robbers and plunderers.

History

Destruction and rediscovery

Following Imhotep being cursed with the Hom-Dai and the subsequent collapse of Hamunaptra, the city lay buried for many years, secluded beneath the sand. In 1923, an excavation of the ruins begun and the body of Imhotep was located near the Statue of Anubis, along with the Book of the Dead and the Book of Amun-Ra.

Appearances

• The Mummy (First appearance)
  • The Mummy (novelization)
  • The Mummy (video game)
• The Mummy Returns
  • The Mummy Returns (novelization)
• The Mummy: Secrets of the Medjai
  • The Summoning

External link

Hamunaptra on Wikipedia

Locations in The Mummy film series

Egypt locations – Giza – Cairo – Hamunaptra – Thebes –Ahm Shere – Karnak – China locations – Hong Kong – Shanghai – Shangri-La – England locations – London Other locations

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