The movie have got a right point about Mercury.
At last, the new reboot of Mummy rebooted with Tom Cruise. The movie done good business at the international box office. Tom also has left a deep impression in this film like Mission Impossible series. This movie, directed by Alex Kurtzman, is full of surprising actions.
There is a scene in the film where “Ahmanet” the mummy’s body is circulated with the Mercury at -138˙C and kept under control. It keeps her body in control for the extent that she can’t do anything. It keeps her body perfectly stable. But, we can understand it’s explanation, we should know about Mercury.
Mercury is the one of the five elements that are liquid near or at a room temperature.
The modern element symbol for another name of Mercury : Hydrargyrum. It comes from Greek word for Water-Silver.
Hydr-Water
Argyros- Silver
It is a very rare element in the Earth’s crust. It is mainly found in mineral cinnabar, which is Mercuric Sulphide.
The element Mercury is named for the Roman God “Mercury”. The element was known to ancient civilization, dating back to at least 2000BC.
Researchers vials of pure Mercury, have been found in Egyptians Tombs from the 1500BC.
So…..the scene in which the Mummy is imprisoned in the grave and the Mercury is filled in it, is the equivalent of this explanation.
In Egyptians Ancient times, when someone was killed or sentenced to death, he/she was buried and buried forever and Mercury was used because they believed that Mercury could keep the Mummy under control.
In one research, it was found that the Egyptians had created a total of 70 million mummies, while making a mummy takes 70 days
Mercury is really heavy, as it weight 13.6 times as much as the same volume of water. Mercury has a high surface tension, so it forms rounded beads of liquid.
It is a very toxic or poisonous substance. If you touch it, a small amount may pass through your skin, but not usually enough to harm you. It mostly passes through your body and very little is a absorbed.
So…..the scene in which Mercury touches Tom’s hand, is also equivalent to the above statement.
One thing from The Mummy written by Fact and Fiction has been prove that,
"The movie have a right point about Mercury"
