Exactly what the title says it is.
This is adapted from Monsters and Villains of the Movies and Literature by Gerrie McCall, Dragons: Fearsome Monsters from Myth and Fiction by Gerrie McCall, and Mythical Monsters by Chris McNab.
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BANDAGES: Layers and layers of cloth strips conceal skin that is as dry as parchment LEGS: Whether he wrapped in bandages or dressed as a modern-day Egyptian, Imhotep displays the stiff walk of the undead. BODY: Once freed from the eternal prison of the grave, the mummy possess supernatural strength. Like many of the walking dead, Imhotep dislikes being touched. EYES: The mummy's piercing glare is hypnotic and can turn anyone into his slave.
Imhotep is a priest in ancient Egypt. As punishment for trying to bring dead princess back to life, he is bandaged like a mummy and buried alive. All sacred symbols and hieroglyphics are removed from his tomb so that his soul will not make the journey to the afterlife. A curse promising insanity and death to anyone who disturbs the mummy is carved in his tomb. More than 3,000 years later, an expedition from the British Museum discovers Imhotep's tomb. The Scroll of Thoth, which contains a spell that can revive the dead, is found with the mummy. When the scroll is read aloud, Imhotep comes alive, seizes the scroll, and disappears.
Imhotep disguises himself as a modern-day Egyptian and approaches archeologists with the location of the princess' tomb. Her tomb is filled with unbelievable riches that are displayed in the Cairo Museum. Imhotep plans to resurrect his princess using the scroll, but a museum security guard interrupts him. The few words he manages to read form the Scroll of Thoth awaken strange feelings in a local woman named Helen. Imhotep begins to pursue Helen, believing she is the reincarnation of his lost love.
DID YOU KNOW? -Imhotep wishes to use the Scroll of Thoth to transform Helen into his dead princess and make her immortal. When the scroll is burned, Imhotep disintegrates into a crumbled skeleton.
-Because a corpse's eyes and tongue are removed for mummification, a resurrected mummy's first order of business is to snatch eyes and a tongue from a living victim.
-Vladimir Lenin, the Russian revolutionary, is a modern example example of a person whose body was preserved by mummification. Lenin's body has been on display in the Lenin Mausoleum in Moscow's Red Square since his death in 1924.
- A mummy was being transported on the RMS Titanic when the ship was struck by an iceberg and sank. Some believe that the mummy's curse caused the disaster at sea.
