It has often puzzled me about archaeologists. Has it never occurred to them that by opening the tombs of beings who are sacred, they commit an act of desecration?

— Mehemet Bey (George Pastell)

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10 seconds sound clip from the The Mummy (1959) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:11:04.732 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- My father is dead.

- I'm sorry. Please accept my sympathy.

- May I have your coat?

- Won't you sit down?

- Thank you.

- Well, this is indeed an honour. To meet someone who has taken part in unearthing so many of the sacred secrets of my country.

- Are you interested in archaeology?

- Yes, I am. Academically, that is. Not commercially.

- It has often puzzled me about archaeologists. Has it never occurred to them that by opening the tombs of beings who are sacred, they commit an act of desecration?

- If we didn't, the history of your country, indeed a great part of civilisation, would still be unknown.

- Nevertheless, those tombs were sealed for all time. You're an intruder. You force your way in, you remove the remains of the long dead kings and send them to places like the British Museum, where thousands of people can stare at them.

- Does this not trouble you at times? Your conscience, perhaps?

- No, it's my job. But it troubles you?

- Why should it trouble me? I'm a civilised man, Mr Banning.

- To me, the dead are the dead. Clay.

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