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My first exposures to Egypt was an Atari game called Tutenkahmen, where you have to navigate corridors, avoiding snakes and whatnot while making your way to the treasures. My second exposure was to Anubis. this was all when I was young, long before I even knew of Egyptian religion or anything. I didn't know there was actually a real religion unil later in lie and I didn't know about any current religion until i was over in Baghdad, where I would dream (frequently) abut Sekhmet long before I know who she was. At that time i was in love with Her (still am heart 3nodding ) regardless of her past actions which She attoned for (the near wiping out of humanity).

There was another Atari egypt-themed game that I cannot recall the name of where you travel across the desert and go to all of these different temples as the screen scrolled upward, avoiding scorpions and Anubis as well as His temple (they portayed him as a villian when we ALL know He's as far from evil as one can be razz )

At the end of 5th grade I switched school, if I had stayed one more year I would have done a project in Egypt. A lot of my friends got to, I felt left out. There are a lot of interesting things, mythology first of all, I guess I like any mythology. Mummies will interest any 6th grader, I think it's cool that we don't really know everything about it today. My dad talks about modern Egypt a lot, he says the people don't think of as that big of a deal. I guess its understandable if you live there but still.

I agree, the art had a lot to do with it for me too. It's so intriguing, so powerful, and most definitly beautiful... But since you brought up the fact that it's not proportionate or in a correct perspective, I just thought I'd mention that there was a reason for this. The Egyptians wanted to make sure that all of the important parts of the body got represented in an important way. It all has to do with it's magical purpose, really.
Here's a small webpage about it.

I honestly can't remember. sweatdrop

i think i had a past life as an egyptian
i want a past life regression to confirm it though

My grandmother. She's full Egyptian and has always been proud of it. Ever since I was old enough to walk and talk and the like, she'd tell me the stories about the Gods and Goddesses and the ancient rulers of the land. ^_^ When I got into school, I'd always take books (even though I couldn't read them) and look at all of the colorful pictures. Alot of kids would ask me "What is that?" "That's cool!" Then I would explain it to them. Often that would get me into trouble because the kids' parents would contact the principal and complain that a fellow student had "corrupted and filled" their heads with "satanic thoughts". It made me laugh because my grandmother would always come in and tell the people that I was merely sharing my culture. The people would be angry all the same. I suppose that my grandmother was my favorite family member because she had named me (Caira after the Egyptian capitol Cairo), shown me Egyptology, and always answered my questions enthusiastically.

Please, don't kill me guys: But after I saw "The Mummy" in the theatres, I was hooked on ancient Egypt. I started reading about the mummification process, the gods, the places and I started to become obsessed! Now I'm planning on spending two years there for college and becoming an Egyptologist. Well, that's a lie. I've branched out to archaeologist now, dealing with classical civilizations. But Egypt's number one on my list...all because of a movie...who knew?

I love those films too!

I didn't know that the Book of the Dead actually existed. Well it obviously does now, but in a form of a scroll, not an actual book, lol.