hollis (they/them) currently studying classics and archaeology.
the main reason i took art history was so i could get my necessary art credits without having to actually make any art because i am bad at it. for the art history final it’s a choice between recreating an art piece we saw or creating one in the spirit of what we learned.
i (and like 5 others) asked the professor if i could maybe write an essay and she was like “hmmm. how about this? you watch a movie that has one of the cultures we learned about and analyze all the historical inaccuracies. like….the mummy! the brandon fraser one.”
like….the mummy (1999) is my favorite movie. and pointing out problems in things is my favorite activity. i will die for this professor.
me gettin ready to tear into the costume designers for giving Seti I a deshret style headpiece when, as a pharaoh of the new kingdom and therefore ruling after the re-unification of upper and lower egypt, he should be wearing a pschent:
