Chasing Mummies

2010

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  • 1

4.6| 0h30m| TV-PG| en
Synopsis

Chasing Mummies: The Amazing Adventures of Zahi Hawass is a reality television series which is airing on The History Channel in the United States. Produced by Boutique TV, this series depicts the adventures of archaeologist and Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass and his discoveries in Egypt as he is followed by young archeological fellows and a camera crew. The series began on Wednesday, 14 July 2010 and aired Wednesdays at 10pm on the History Channel. The shows illustrates the complexities in the almost never-ending quest to preserve and discover artifacts from ancient Egypt.

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Keira Brennan The movie is made so realistic it has a lot of that WoW feeling at the right moments and never tooo over the top. the suspense is done so well and the emotion is felt. Very well put together with the music and all.
Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.
Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.
species Lets say I am not the greatest Dr. Zahi Hawass fan - I find he conveniently forgets a lot about what the Egyptians did to their own antiquities (burn mummies for fuel for example), when he talks about how other countries have raped Egypt.That said, I love Egyptology and am pretty much up for watching anything to do with the subject.This however was just awful - from the start you could tell it was faked, half the people couldn't act their way out of paper bag, and they just did things that you knew people just wouldn't do.After the first 20 mins I have to admit I just couldn't watch any more and switched it off.I know films like Cloverfield, and Paranormal Activity have been very popular (I hated both of these two by the way), so I guess it was only a matter of time before we started to see these mockumentaries
rod_field I read all the reviews about 'chasing mummies' and it lead me to want to find out for myself what others had written about, I have to say the program is as what other reviews say, it's complete rubbish! If I were in charge to make the decisions for programs to be aired on the history channel then 1.I wouldn't have given this program the time of day and 2.If I had (and clearly someone has) then I would expect the powers that be to ask me for my resignation. I lasted more than most with about 15 minutes of viewing time, I found it too scripted and the 'acting' too unbelievable to warrant this program as a 'documentary'. I would have to say the program 'Big Brother' has better actors than in this program, needless to say if you want to take a look and see for yourselves then so be it, be warned though as you'll be disappointed.
vanguard59 07/26/10I was hoping for a reasonable series dedicated to the latest "digs" in Egypt.Five minutes into this garbage, I knew that I had been "suckerpunched" into viewing another really miserable reality show. This time starring "THE THEE", himself, the great, supreme, high exalted ONE--Zahi Hawass,PhD, (everyone kneel face down please)! Mr. Hawass fancies himself to be Khufu, a 4th dynasty pharaoh in a former life. The show features Mr Hawass bullying his way around the Giza complex; yelling at this person and that person in two languages! (If you have to yell all the time, then you really do not have any power).Zahi Hawass claims to be very fussy about just who can or cannot dig/explore in Egypt and yet "psychic" Mr Derek Acora had full access to The King's Room and KV's tombs, to channel any royal who had been floating around for an interview. Yeah, really fussy, hates the paranormal, yeah sure loathes pyrimidiots!!! After all Hawass is all about science, pure science. Sorry to burst your bubble, but Egyptologists are NOT scientists!! Never have been never will be.This show does not illustrate scientific method or any thing else for that matter except to cater to Mr Hawass' ego. He did not bring tourists to Egypt; Egypt brings in tourists, and has been doing so long before Mr Hawass. Remember, didn't Herodotus write the first known Egyptian tour guide?I will say this much for this series, as I have been studying EVERYTHING Egyptian for over 50 years (the music, food, dance, history,etc.), this is the first time that I have lost interest in Egyptology. This series just puts a bad taste in my mouth, I had expected better. Do not get me wrong I had spent a month's vacation in Egypt and grew to love it even more (the beautiful children, sunsets, and kindness of the women in the souks).This show is an insult to a beautiful country, and its history.
mmustangg Avoid this program at all costs. That is if you thought it was a real documentary series. I tuned in because I wanted to see a fresh documentary on the subject of Egyptology, but what i got was something that I found hard to believe, literally. It's one of the worst scripted unreality shows to come down the pike since The Hills. I hope that telling you this show is obviously scripted, doesn't count as a spoiler? If you want a real documentary, look elsewhere. If you want to see bad acting from Dr Hawass, tune in. I'm sure i wont be the only one saying this here. The Facebook page for The History Channel, is full of people laughing at how ridiculous this show was.