The historical acuracy of the film "The Mummy"

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The historical accuracy of the movie "The Mummy" presents itself as an honest Hollywood movie, but in actuality it seems as if it is heavy based on a mask of false facts. The film disrespects some of ancient Egypt's most historical facts on architecture, religious beliefs, and religious practices. The Great Pyramids of Giza had been falsely represented in this movie. For instance, The Great Pyramids of Giza would not have been built at the period this movie indicates. The Book of the Dead ideology was heavily unnoticed and fictionally fantasized in this movie. In fact, the 'Egyptian book of the dead' did not bring people back to life like in "The Mummy"; it metaphorically was a cheat sheet to the afterlife. The Mummy utterly disregarded the history of the enslavement of Jews during the time period they portrayed. The Mummy bases most of if not all of its historical details on the wrong information, thus they let viewers believe stereotypes portrayed in the movie such as The Great Pyramids, The Book of the Dead and The Enslavement of Jews in Egypt.

According to The Mummy the Great Pyramids of Giza were built during the time of