taking Anck-su-namun's corpse to Hamunaptra, City of the Dead...
ancient burial site for the sons of pharaohs...
and resting place for the wealth of Egypt.
[ Thunder Rumbling ]
For his love, Imhotep dared the gods' anger by going deep into the city...
where he took the black Book of the Dead from its holy resting place.
[ Chanting In Egyptian ]
Anck-su-namun's soul had been sent to the dark underworld...
her vital organs removed and placed in five sacred canopic jars.
[ Chanting Continues ]
[ Chanting Continues, Intensifies ]
[ Gasping ]
[ Narrator ] Anck-su-namun's soul had come back from the dead.
[ Shouting ]
But Pharaoh's bodyguards had followed Imhotep and stopped him...
before the ritual could be completed.
[ Apparition Shrieking ]
lmhotep's priests were condemned to be mummified alive.
[ Screaming, Groaning ]
As for Imhotep...
he was condemned to endure the Hom-Dai...
the worst of all ancient curses...
one so horrible it had never before been bestowed.
[ Imhotep Screams ]
[ Grunting, Groaning ]
[ Skittering ]
[ Muffled Shrieking ]
He was to remain sealed inside his sarcophagus--
the undead for all of eternity.
The Magi would never allow him to be released...
for he would arise a walking disease, a plague upon mankind...
an unholy flesh eater with the strength of ages...
power over the sands...
and the glory of invincibility.