In this TV series, the excavation of a sealed tomb in Egypt unlocks Scarab, an evil priest, who attempted to kill Pharaoh Amenhotep's son, the young Rapses, three thousand years ago. In the present, fate brings Rapses’ teenage reincarnation, Presley Carnovan, back together with Scarab in the remains of the tomb at an archaeological exhibit in San Francisco. As the young man is about to be trapped by the evil priest, the sarcophagi of Rapses’ guardians are opened, awakening them in the form of four mummies who, shouting "by the Power of Ra", gain magical powers to protect the prince's reincarnation.
The series focuses on the adventures of young Presley and the four mummies in their fight against Scarab in modern San Francisco. This children’s animated series features many egyptianising elements. First of all, the four mummies are blessed by the pharaoh Amenhotep with the magic of Ra, which gives them powerful armours linked to sacred animals in Egyptian mythology: the falcon, the cobra, the ram, and the cat. The armour of the falcon is worn by a swift and agile officer and hunter, the leader of the group; the armour of the serpent is linked to magic and is worn by a priest; the armour of the ram is linked to strength and is worn by an old warrior; and the armour of the cat is linked to agility and ferocity and is worn by a young female charioteer. The mummies also receive magically new weapons and transports, created by mixing Egyptian themes with modern designs (as an example, for the “modern” chariot, he builds a vehicle in the shape of an F1 car with mechanical falcon wings).
The villain, the evil priest Scarab, who seeks revenge for his imprisonment, obtains through his magic not only immortality, but also scarab armour. In addition, Scarab invokes beasts and creatures from Egypt's mythical past, such as Ammit, uses clay golems, called Shabties, as soldiers, and invokes gods from the past, such as Sekhmet, who sometimes appear in non-canonical forms, for example, with the head of a Vulture.
During the episodes, in addition to these Egyptianising elements, there are flashbacks showing the characters’ lives in ancient Egypt in a stereotypical vision of this civilisation: use of magic spells, tombs, divinities and monsters, etc. In addition, the scriptwriters mix Egyptian elements from popular culture with the story to make comic winks. Thus, Presley's father is from Memphis, like the pharaoh, but from the US city. The mummies end up living inside a sphinx, built to house the temporary exhibition with which their remains arrived. In addition, the mummies undergo a process of adaptation to the present in which they try to understand all the elements of 20th century culture. This gives rise to comic relief as the mummies try to align their perceptions of millennia ago with the ideals of 10 to 14 year old children.

Author: Víctor Sánchez Domínguez