 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Anogona kunge akafuridzirwa kubva mufashoni yakajairika yechinhu chero chipi zvacho chaFarao, chakafuridzirwa nekutsvaga kweFrance panguva yekupinda kwaNapoleon muEjipitori; unwrappings yavose ya 1821 yamamimi eEgipita mumutambo pedyo nePiccadilly, iyo angave akapinda semusikana; uye, sezvingabvira zvikuru, bhuku ra 1818 rakanyorwa naMary Shelley, Frankenstein; kana kuti, The Modern Prometheus. Seizvo Shelley akanga anyora nezvechisiko chaFrankenstein, A mummy zvakare akapihwa nemhepo haigoni kuva inotyisa seyo nhamo, iyo ingangodaro yakakonzera pfungwa yaMiss Webb gare gare. Chero zvazvingava, panguva dzakawanda anobata zvakajeka zvikuru nezvinhu zviri mubhuku rapfuura: kusemeswa nechinhu chinodiwa zvikuru, kusungwa pakarepo kwemhosva uye kuedza kureva nhema kuti munhu abude mazviri, nezvimwewo. Zvisinei, kusiyana nechikara chaFrankenstein, Cheops anotyisa akamutswa haasi kutenderera achigovera zvinotyisa nerufu, asi achipa zano rakangwara pamusoro pezvematongerwo enyika nehupenyu kune avo vanomufarira. Mune dzimwe nzira The Mummy! inogona kuonekwa semhinduro yake kumisoro iri mu Frankenstein: mummy wake anonyatsotaura kuti anobvumirwa hupenyu chete nenyasha dzamwari, pane kuti ave asina kupokana achiraramiswa chete nesayenzi inofa, uye zvichingodaro, sekunyora kwaHopkins kwa2003 kunovhara zvakadzama. 