The ‘Egyptian’ deserts were filmed at the spectacular Erg Chebbi Dunes at Merzouga, about 30 miles south of Erfoud in Morocco. The subsequent bus chase is a dizzying mix of locations: the soldier mummies scuttle along the walls of the Old Royal Naval College, King William Walk, London SE10 the double decker careers along Lambeth Palace Road, on the Thames Embankment by Lambeth Bridge and past the Georgian houses of Endsleigh Place, Bloomsbury, before coming to a halt on Tower Bridge, the famous bascule bridge jumped by John Wayne's car in Brannigan. Underneath the set dressing, you might recognise it as the ‘Acme warehouse’ from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The interior, where Mr Hafez ( Alun Armstrong) resurrects the Mummy, is the Dimco Building, Wood Lane, now alongside the Westfield Shopping Centre in Shepherds Bush, London W12. The Mummy Returns location: Mr Hafez resurrects the mummy in the ‘British Museum’: Dimco Building, Wood Lane, Shepherds Bush, London W12
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