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TIL of the novel "The Mummy! A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century". Written in 1827, it is the first English story to feature a reanimated mummy. Notably, it is science fiction, not horror, taking place in the year 2126 with the Pharaoh Cheops returning and giving political and life advice to people.

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