Imhotep's story
In 1,719 B.C. in the Egyptian city of Thebes, a forbidden love
between the evil high priest Imhotep and Anck-Su-Namum, the
Pharoah’s mistress is exposed. When Anck-Su-Namum takes her
own life, Imhotep’s subsequent act of desperation in Hamunaptra,
the City of the Dead, defies the gods.
For his unholy acts, he is given the ultimate curse – his mummified
body will remain undead for all eternity – a torturous existence, but
one that will cease should his rotting corpse ever be released. As
Imhotep's screams of pain from within the sarcophagus grow muffled
while he is lowered into the earth, the curse is set in motion, and his
evil, vengeful heart lays beating in the dark, growing stronger and
stronger.
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