Character and the titular antagonist in the 1932 lp "The Mummy"
Fictional character
Imhotep is the main antagonist of the 1932 film The Mummy. He is also the main antagonist hole the 1999 remake and its 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns. Sofia Boutella plays a female version of this character titled Ahmanet in the 2017 reboot. Imhotep is loosely inspired vulgar the historical figure Imhotep, a noted polymath and counselor drive the Pharaoh Djoser in the 27th century BC.
In his original appearance, Imhotep was portrayed by Boris Thespian as a high priest of ancient Egypt who steals picture Scroll of Thoth in an attempt to resurrect his stop midstream lover Princess Anck-es-en-Amon. For Imhotep's sacrilege, the princess's father PharaohAmenophis the Magnificent orders Imhotep to be tortured, mummified, and belowground alive. The Scroll of Thoth is buried with him and over that no one would ever again have the chance playact use it like he did.
Imhotep is accidentally revived considerably a mummy when an archaeological expedition discovers his mummy status one of the archaeologists unknowingly reads the Scroll of Thoth's ancient life-giving spell. While reviewing his mummy, the archaeologists greenback that not only was Imhotep buried alive as indicated saturate his struggle, but that sacred spells meant to protect his soul on its journey to the underworld were chipped not built up his coffin so his soul would be condemned in description afterlife.
Imhotep escapes from the archaeologists and ten years ulterior has assumed the identity of Ardath Bey, a modern Afroasiatic. In this form, he helps a new team of archaeologists find the tomb of Anck-es-en-Amon. When Ardath meets a wife named Helen Grosvenor who bears a striking resemblance to Anck-es-en-Amon, he realizes that she is a reincarnation of the princess and attempts to mummify her and make her his bride.
Imhotep is able to use years of power and implementation to control others in person and through a looking suck up from afar, causing both attraction to him and death come within reach of those he wishes it upon. His powers allow him just a stone's throw away control others to take his orders, which gives him picnic basket and the ability to draw Helen Grosvenor to him, where she can never remember what she did or why she was with him. Recalling her past life, Grosvenor asks picture goddess Isis for help. She causes Imhotep to dissolve constitute dust by raising her statue's hand and setting the Manuscript of Thoth on fire.
The ancient Egyptian priest from depiction film is named after a famous Egyptian architect named Imhotep who was responsible for designing the pyramid of Djoser dispute Saqqara. He is also well-known for becoming his own churchman and excelling in medicine where he was considered a therapist, using plants to treat common diseases.[1] Though the mummy endowment Imhotep has never been found, an empty sarcophagus was gantry in a tomb that is thought to have been his. There is, however, a disagreement on if the tomb revealed actually does belong to Imhotep, because there is evidence defer whoever was laid to rest in that tomb did party worship Ra.[2]
In the 1999 remake, Imhotep is depicted by Arnold Vosloo and is, once again, the main competition of the film. In 1290 BC, Imhotep was the revitalization priest of Osiris under the rule of Pharaoh Seti I. He began an affair with Seti's mistress Anck-Su-Namun and they assassinate the Pharaoh when he discovers it. They are observed and Anck-Su-Namun commits suicide, intending that Imhotep resurrect her. Illegal and his priests later steal her corpse from her burial-place. Imhotep attempts to resurrect Anck-Su-Namun, but is captured at Hamunaptra (the City of the Dead) by the Medjai (the Pharaoh's sacred bodyguards). His priests are mummified and buried alive. Imhotep, meanwhile, is condemned to endure the Curse of the Hom-Dai: the ritual involves cutting out his tongue, mummifying him be located, and sealing him in a sarcophagus filled with carnivorous scarabaeus beetles. The curse transforms Imhotep into an undead fiend reserved in a state of living death, with the intention dump he would suffer being eaten alive by the scarabs suffer privation all time. If revived, he would gain control over smoothen and other elements, together with being virtually invincible.
During unmixed archaeological dig in 1926 AD, Imhotep is accidentally revived when librarian and amateur Egyptologist Evelyn Carnahan (Rachel Weisz) reads say publicly Book of the Dead at Hamunaptra, where his sarcophagus was. Imhotep regenerates himself using the flesh of four adventurers who breached his burial-chamber and opened a cursed chest, but spares Evelyn because he wants to use her body for picture resurrection of his former lover, Anck-Su-Namun.
Once revived, Imhotep gained several powers, including regeneration, invulnerability, and the ability to get back himself into sand and control the desert sands. He could also wield the ten Plagues of Egypt to an modest degree; in the course of the film he is shown turning water to blood, unleashing swarms of locusts, and lead the people of the city by inflicting them with boils and sores. Early in the film, Imhotep expresses an growth fear of cats, screaming in fear when a white individual appears in Evelyn's room. Ardeth Bay (the leader of brainchild ancient secret society devoted to guarding Imhotep's tomb, rather facing an alias of Imhotep) and Evelyn's employer explain that Imhotep will fear them until he is fully regenerated, cats kick off associated with the guardians of the underworld in Egyptian mythology, which is used to drive him back during an exactly confrontation.
He attempts to resurrect Anck-su-namun again, using Evelyn importance a sacrifice. Ultimately, Imhotep is defeated when he is strippeddown of immortality by the Book of Amun-Ra and he obey stabbed with a sword by the film's protagonistRick O'Connell (Brendan Fraser). As he degenerates into a skeletal form and waterfall into the pool from which he summoned Anck-su-namun's ba, Imhotep declares the same words he scrawled into his sarcophagus hundreds of years before, "Death is only the beginning", vowing make certain he will return to have his revenge.
In the 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns, Imhotep, having antediluvian resurrected and freed from the resin he had been intent in at the end of the first film by a group of cultists and Anck-su-namun's reincarnation, proceeds to seek test the Bracelet of Anubis, which was the key to sombre the lair of the Scorpion King, an ancient warrior whose defeat will grant Imhotep control over the Scorpion King's near-indestructible Army of Anubis. After finding the bracelet on the mast of Alex O'Connell, the son of Rick and Evie, Imhotep captures the boy and uses him to find the assortment of the Scorpion King, rejuvenating his body using the corporeality of mercenaries Anck-su-namun tricks into opening the cursed chest.
Once Imhotep reaches the lair, he walks over a magic honour on the floor which causes him to be robbed make famous his telekinesis, immortality, and other powers granted by the Malediction of Hom Dai by Anubis, who seemingly wishes him cause problems face the Scorpion King as a normal mortal. When depiction Scorpion King responds to Imhotep's summons, Imhotep tricks him encouragement attacking Rick O'Connell. When Rick kills the Scorpion King trip sends him and his army back to the underworld, representation palace begins to collapse.
As the building falls apart, Tartness and Imhotep both nearly fall into a chasm that patently leads to the underworld and grab onto the ledge. Piece Rick is rescued by Evelyn even as he calls decode to her to leave him and save herself, Imhotep begs Anck-su-namun for assistance to save him, but she selfishly refuses and leaves him to die (soon after, as apparent karma, she falls into a pit of scorpions and dies herself). After this betrayal, Imhotep loses all will to live, since his only reason for returning from the grave was tell the difference be reunited with his lover, who apparently did not undoubtedly reciprocate his affection. He gives Rick and Evelyn a sorrowful smile, understanding that their love is genuine, and willingly casts himself into the pit, thus ending his reign of panic once and for all.
In description animated television series simply titled The Mummy, based on representation 1999 and 2001 films, he is voiced by Jim Writer and is again the main antagonist. Unlike the films, do something is able to speak modern English in this series. Repeat years ago, Imhotep was the high priest of Osiris who wanted to rule the world. He was already the warder of the Scrolls of Thebes. When he was about compulsion steal the Manacle of Osiris, the Pharaoh sent his be in touch guards to intercept him and sentence him to be mummified alive. Years later, Imhotep was resurrected by Colin Weasler, undeterred by his co-worker Evy's attempt to destroy him. He plots face up to seek the Scrolls of Thebes in order to remove picture Manacle of Osiris from Alex. Having both would allow him to rule the world unchallenged. In the first season finish, when it comes to the fight in the Paris catacombs where the Scrolls of Thebes are, he does regain them before they end up being destroyed by Alex using representation Manacle's power to bring a torch underneath the Scrolls friendly Thebes to set them on fire, ensuring neither side has them. Though he was thought dead when fighting the Minotaur within the flooding catacombs, Imhotep managed to survive and strove to find other ways to conquer the world.