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Cartouche trivia

Ancient Egyptian cartouche has its place in American Pop culture. In this post we will try to uncover some of these hiddent gems.

Star Gate SG-1: Dr. Daniel Jackson, the linguistic expert and anthropologist, was originally contracted by the star gate team to decipher a mysterious cartouche, the findings allowed the team to open the first star gate.

Jean-Paul Belmondo and Claudia Cardinale starred in the movie Cartouche in 1962. The movie had nothing to do with the Egyptian cartouche other that the name of a robin-hood style gang.

The Mummy movie is an epic fight between good and evil. The movie takes place in the desert of Egypt and has many scenes taken after interiors of Egyptian tombs depicting cartouches on the walls. You can see this site for a list of historical errors related to these cartouches.

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