Ardeth Bay is the name of the fictional Medjai chieftain and warrior who appears in the first two installments of Universal Pictures’ The Mummy remake trilogy, The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. He provided opening narration for the films, but is unlikely to return in the upcoming third film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, due to the tri-quel focusing on an entirely new Chinese mummy played by actor Jet Li.
Portrayed by actor Oded Fehr, the ...
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Ardeth Bay is the name of the fictional Medjai chieftain and warrior who appears in the first two installments of Universal Pictures’ The Mummy remake trilogy, The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. He provided opening narration for the films, but is unlikely to return in the upcoming third film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, due to the tri-quel focusing on an entirely new Chinese mummy played by actor Jet Li.
Portrayed by actor Oded Fehr, the character has a small-yet-faithful following by fans of the Mummy trilogy.
Ardeth Bay was raised as a Medjai in the Sahara desert, being taught from birth that he could never, ever allow anyone to re-awaken Imhotep, a cursed mummy with immortal powers and (currently) imprisoned in suspended animation. This treacherous former-priest had been buried deep below the legendary city Hamunaptra, The City of the Dead, along with the two magical books The Book of the Dead and The Book of Amun Ra. For over three-thousand years, the Medjai, a secret...
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