You’re probably familiar with the blockbuster movie The Mummy directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser. But the original horror flick was made in 1932, starring Boris Karloff, and inspired by the curse of Tutankhamum.
As the legend goes, the tomb of the boy king Tutankhamum lay undisturbed in the Valley of the Kings for over 3200 years until English archaeologist Howard Carter discovered it in 1922. It was said that the dead pharaoh had made a curse on anyone who entered the tomb. In fact, the inscription on the tomb read:
“Death shall come on swift wings
to whoever touches the tomb of the pharaoh.”
In those times, a mummification occurred when all the organs from the body were removed except the heart. The body was dried with salt, which took about 40 days, and then treated with spices, wine and resin (the sticky part of the sap in some trees). Finally, the body was stuffed with linen and sand and wrapped in bandages. This last step sparked the creation of mummy Halloween costumes.
Mummy Halloween costumes have become a part of Halloween tradition and are as classic as ghosts. Kids wrapped in sheets, bandages or toilet paper walk around stifflegged with outstretched arms in an attempt to scare onlookers.
While do-it-yourself mummy Halloween costumes are fun to make, there are some great premade styles as well.
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