Dad knew all about the legend. Perhaps having discovered that half of it was true, he let his imagination persuade him that the rest of it could have been.
7 seconds sound clip from the The Mummy (1959) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:46:56.953 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- That is the legend of Ananka.
- The dictionary defines legend as being historical myth.
- But don't forget half the story we know is fact.
- We know that Ananka died on a pilgrimage and was buried somewhere in the jungle.
- We know that no survivors ever returned to Egypt.
- Now, if half the story is true, why not the other half?
- Because the other half is removed from fact. It's fantasy.
- Is it possible that's what drove him out of his mind?
- Possible, yes. He was overexcited, he'd been working too hard.
- Help us, your servants, O Karnak, to fulfil the second of our tasks.
- Go now. Destroy the second of the infidels who dared to desecrate the tomb of your princess.
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