Thousands of years ago, the green pharaoh

Ardeth Bay: Imhotep's priests were condemned to be mummified alive.

High Priest: [groaning when he heard the priests screaming]

Ardeth Bay: 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: [screaming when his tongue was cut out]

Imhotep: [breathing heavily]

Imhotep: [grunting while Pharaoh's bodyguards put Imhotep in his sarcophagus after being mummified alive]

Ardeth Bay: [Imhotep watches, screaming, as Pharaoh's bodyguard pours a bucket of skittering scarab beetles over his body]

Ardeth Bay: [when Pharaoh's bodyguard locks Imhotep inside his sarcophagus] He was to remain sealed inside his sarcophagus, undead for all of eternity. The Maji would never allow him to be released, for he would arise a walking disease, a plague upon mankind, an unholy flesh eater with a strength of ages, power over the sand, and the glory of invincibility.

Ardeth Bay: [speaking Arabian] The Creature remains undiscovered.

Arabian Soldier: [speaking Arabian] And what of this one?

Rick: [runs up the hill and sees some strange Arabian Soldiers, then runs away]

Arabian Soldier: [speaking Arabian] Should we kill him?

Ardeth Bay: [speaking Arabian] No. The desert will kill him.