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Sands of Oblivion

“Sands of Oblivion” (2007) buries a bright idea in a banal B-movie. The ingenious plot twists allows this “Egyptian curse” story to filmed on location in California without ever having to pretend otherwise.

The “Sci-Fi Channel original” cribs most of its plot points from Stephen Sommers’ “The Mummy” (1999). The one ray of inspiration is its link to what was once a real-life legend, “The lost city of Cecil B. DeMille”. The great director would release his silent film epic, “The 10 Commandments” in 1923. Thirty-three years later, he remade his own movie, starring Charlton Heston as Moses. The second version was filmed on location in Egypt and at Mount Sinai itself. However, for his first version of the Exodus, DeMille traveled just 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) northwest of Beverly Hills. There he found the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, an 18-mile-long strip of land (20,000 acres) that receives more annual rainfall, but on a clear day can pass for the Saharan Desert. Nowadays it is a national wildlife refuge, home to more than 120 species of rare plants and animals.

DeMille had built on site “the City of the Pharaohs”, which at the time was the largest and most expensive movie set in Hollywood history. The “Egyptian temple”, for example, measure roughly 120 feet in height and 720 feet in width, and was flanked by 21 plaster sphinxes thought to weigh a few hundred pounds each. In addition to the set, which blended ancient Egyptian symbols with 1920s Art Deco style, DeMille also created "Camp DeMille", a tent city with street signs and a 24-hour canteen for 3,500 actors and crew members.

After filming was complete, DeMille decided that he did not want to pay for hauling out the elaborate set. But he had signed a contractor with the Union Sugar Company, which owned the land then, to leave no trace of the production after he left. But that only applied to the surface of the soil, so DeMille had everything buried beneath the sand. For decades, no one knew exactly where this burial site was. But in the early 1980s, a pair of amateur archeologists claimed to have found it, and spent the next 30 years raising money for the excavation. The project was finally completed in 2017, 10 years after “Sands of Oblivion”. Their efforts are chronicled in a 2016 documentary “The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille”.There is an exhibit on the recovery at the Dunes Center museum in Guadalupe, California.

Now, the premise of “Sands of Oblivion” is that DeMille took a trip to Cairo, Egypt, and purchased on the black market authentic Egyptian relics to adorn his “City of the Pharaohs”. One relic bore an authentic curse and the real reason DeMille buried the set was to save the world from the ancient being released by the curse. This all is explained for the viewer in flashbacks which bring the contemporary “action” to a grinding halt, but really are the most interesting part of the movie. Cecil B. DeMille is portrayed by Dan Castellaneta, whose other claim to fame is being the voice of Homer Simpson (Doh!). He gives the best acting performance, really convincing the viewer that this must be what the larger-than-life director was like. The vengeful Egyptian deity is accidentally set free once more, and it is up to a bookish but beautiful archeologist and a former soldier to stop “the power of the 10 plagues” from being unleashed on the modern world.

Which is a repetition of the 1999 movie’s error. The 10 Plagues are from the Bible, not ancient Egyptian mythology. Each plague was intended to demonstrate the power of the God of Israel over the forces of nature worshipped by the Egyptians. Each plague challenged the Egyptian gods associated with the natural elements and aspects of life they governed. Through the 10 Plagues, the Lord showed that it was an easy matter for Him to change all the blessings of the country into curses.

The Nile was the primary source of fertility and life in Egypt. Changing the water of the Nile to blood (Exodus 7:14-24) was a direct strike against Osiris, Egypt’s god of fertility and agriculture. This miracle also challenged other Nile-related gods: Khnum (source of the Nile), Hapi (flooding), and Sopdet (fertility through floodwaters), as well as Nu, Naunet, Tefnut, Nehet-Weret, and the fish-goddess Hatmehit. The plague of frogs (Exodus 8:1-15) mocked Heket, the frog-headed goddess of fertility and water. The plague of lice from the dust of the earth (Exodus 8:16-19): Geb, the god of the earth. The plague of flies (Exodus 8:20-32): pestilence and decay, instead of regeneration and life provided by the god Khepri. Death of livestock (Exodus 9:1-7): Hathor, the cow-headed goddess of livestock, and Apis, bull-headed god of livestock. Boils and sores (Exodus 9:8-12) : Sunu, Sekhmet and Isis, deities associated with medicine and healing. Hail and fire from the sky (Exodus 9:13-35) : the goddess of the sky, Nut. Neither Nut nor Set, god of storms, could defend the Egyptians against the devastation delivered by the true God. Locusts (Exodus 10:1-20): Both Set and Osiris, linked to vegetation and agriculture, were both shown to be powerless as locusts consumed the crops of Egypt. Darkness at midday (Exodus 10:21-29): Ra, the sun god. Death of the firstborn, including the son of Pharaoh (Exodus 11:1-10;12:29-30) : the living god-king of Egypt himself. Pharaoh was believed to be the incarnation of Osiris and his son, the incarnation of the god Horus. In fact, all the plagues challenged not only the power of the gods, but the authority of Pharaoh.

The “finger of God” in the 10 Plagues overwhelms the magic of Pharaoh’s sorcerors (Exodus 8:19). But the Israelites not only are spared the worst of the plagues, they gain their liberty from slavery in Egypt through God’s mercy, their sins forgiven through the sacrifice of a lamb at the institution of the Passover (Exodus 12:1-28; 31-51). For New Testament believers, Jesus Christ, through His sacrifice on the cross, has become our Passover lamb (1 Corinthians 5:8) and the miraculous crossing of the Red Sea from slavery to freedom a sign of cross from death to eternal life through the water of baptism.

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Propelled by relentless ocean waves and strong onshore winds, small grains of sand accumulated to form the impressive dunes of Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes National Wildlife Refuge in California. Stretching inland from the Pacific Ocean, the migrating dunes are home to a unique ecosystem of plants and animals, like the northern elephant seal, the western snowy plover and the California red-legged frog. Two remote hiking areas offer visitors a chance to explore this dynamic landscape in peace and solitude. Photo by Ian Shive, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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My final sketching stop on my trip south was Oso Flaco Lake, also in the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Complex. It was later afternoon and the swallows were very active catching their evening meal. #osoflaco #osoflacolake #guadalupenipomodunes #naturesketching https://www.instagram.com/p/BxGWyOzgS8t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=t86wd1e6ct96

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On my way to the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes #ilovecalifornia #californiabeauty https://www.instagram.com/p/CqJ7CCjLO3b/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Guadalupe Nipomo Dunes Preserve

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Sphinx head discovered in California desert

Archaeologists digging in the sand dunes of Santa Barbara County, California discovered a 300-pound sphinx head. Notably, the artifact does not date back to ancient times but is only 95-years-old. The sphinx is actually a prop from pioneering filmmaker Cecile DeMille's 1923 movie The Ten Commandments. It was part of the so-called "Lost City of DeMille," a massive Egyptian set made for the movie. From the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center:

https://boingboing.net/2017/12/06/sphinx-head-discovered-in-cali.html

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Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes, California - by Ian Shive

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Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes

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A little story from today. We were walking along the beach you can see in the distance when a mid-80's 4Runner with lifted suspension pulled up next to us and a young guy leaned out and asked where we were headed. We told him not sure, but we'd heard there was a creek a ways down. I noticed that though he was in a civilian car he wore a Park Ranger hat. He then told us that the beach was actually closed off about a mile down, and we wouldn't be able to pass that way—we'd have to go inland and around. He was very kind, and said that he was a ranger and just didn't want us to get in trouble crossing into places we weren't supposed to be. However, this was not the best of news, as the dunes are not the easiest to walk through. In fact, they're extremely difficult. One of the most punishing features of landscape there is. But it was what it was so we thanked him for the heads up and continued on. . A moment later he pulled back around and yelled through the window, asking if we wanted a ride down to the fence. Through this walk I've learned to trust my gut, and I said yes. We threw our bags in the back, @jub_mo climbed in the back seat and we were off. . This guy could drive. He told us that he'd been driving these dunes for 10 years, and with a lifted 4Runner he did not sacrifice speed for things like incline, decline, ridges or curves. It was a thrilling ride, and for the next 8 minutes we hung on and bounced and slid not only to the fence, but then around to the easiest point of access. He even told us which fences we could climb and which way to go. . After he dropped us off we walked the short distance to the fence, climbed it, and then through the dunes pictured here. These actually had some vegetation, but even here it was a battle to get through them. Without the lift we'd have had hours of struggling up and down tractionless faces of sand. Wherever you are, Marlon, thank you. 🙏🏼 #the1200milewalk #shotoniphone (at Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center)

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The 300-pound sphinx is the second recovered from the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes.                Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center/AP

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Sphinx from set of 1923 film ‘The Ten Commandments’ unearthed in California

http://ift.tt/2Bw5IAP Sphinx from set of 1923 film ‘The Ten Commandments’ unearthed in California A plaster sphinx has been dug up by archaeologists in the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes in California, KETY reports. Science December 3, 2017 at 11:09PM http://ift.tt/2ARIid8 via newalertsnews NEWS

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Sphinx from set of 1923 film ‘The Ten Commandments’ unearthed in California

Sphinx from set of 1923 film ‘The Ten Commandments’ unearthed in California A plaster sphinx has been dug up by archaeologists in the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes in California, KETY reports. from Blogger http://ift.tt/2A0ktQb