Exhibits that come to life in the night, the Smithsonian Museum, and an evil pharaoh bent on unleashing the darkness from the Underworld. In this episode of the Mummy Movie Podcast, we review Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian and use it as a jumping off point to examine a gruesome practice from 1st Dynasty of Egypt.

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