"Ancient Egypt was one of the most miraculous civilizations to ever exist on planet Earth. There was nothing quite like this glimmering society adjacent to the Nile River in North Africa that reigned for 30 centuries, and there might never be again.
Without Ancient Egypt and the many innovations of their culture — linguistics, architecture, art, religious rituals, philosophy and so on — modern society would not be what it is today; for instance, the ancient Greeks used ancient Egypt as the genesis for their world.
The films in this list all pay homage to ancient Egypt, but ironically often with a focus on the biblical Book of Exodus, since that is the story from which all Western monotheistic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—derive, and which so much of Hollywood has been preoccupied with since the beginning of cinematic history."
