After locating the tomb, the archaeologists present its treasures to the Cairo Museum, and Ardeth Bey disappears.Īrdeth soon encounters Helen Grosvenor ( Zita Johann), a half-Egyptian woman bearing a striking resemblance to the princess. He calls upon Sir Joseph's son Frank ( David Manners) and Professor Pearson ( Leonard Mudie) and shows them where to dig to find the tomb of the princess Ankh-esen-amun. Ten years later, Imhotep has assimilated into a mysterious Egyptian historian named Ardeth Bey. Imhotep rises, the sight of which snaps Norton's mind and causes him to laugh hysterically as the Mummy shuffles off with the scroll.
He translates the symbols and then reads the words aloud. Despite Muller's warning, Sir Joseph's assistant Ralph Norton ( Bramwell Fletcher) opens it and finds an ancient life-giving scroll, the "Scroll of Thoth". Also buried with Imhotep is a casket with a curse on it. Muller ( Edward Van Sloan) reveals that the viscera were not removed, and from the signs of struggling Muller deduces that although Imhotep had been wrapped like a traditional mummy, he had been buried alive. An inspection of the mummy by Whemple's friend Dr. In 1921, an archaeological expedition led by Sir Joseph Whemple ( Arthur Byron) finds the mummy of an ancient Egyptian high priest named Imhotep ( Boris Karloff).
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