In the distant mists of antiquity, priest Imhotep committed two horrible blasphemies. First, he dared to love the Princess Anck-es-en-Amen, forbidden to one of his station. Second, he stole the Scroll of Life and attempted to use it to resurrect his love. A powerful magician and influential member of ancient Egyptian society, his crimes were too serious to be ignored. He was sentenced to be buried along with his love, and there he lies for thousands of years, until resurrected himself, by foolish modern archaeologists in the twentieth century. Imhotep is motivated by a desire to reunite with his lost love, and uses all of his magical knowledge to attempt to bring the woman he believes is her reincarnated spirit under his power. A sympathetic monster of the classic tradition, his story has been remade several times, and the original 1932 film inspired a series of sequels in which the articulate and magically adept Imhotep was replaced by the mute, lumbering Kharis. Show less «