The priestesses of the Temple of Karnak were the daughters of the reigning pharaohs. They were the sacred virgins of Isis.
6 seconds sound clip from the The Mummy (1932) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:04:12.840 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Imhotep, High Priest of the Temple of the Sun at Karnak.
- Poor old fellow. Now, what could you have done to make them treat you like that?
- An execution for treason, I suppose.
- So Imhotep was sentenced to death not only in this world, but in the next.
- Maybe he got too gay with the vestal virgins in the temple.
- Maybe the answer's in that box we found buried with him.
- The Wood's so rotten, it'll fall apart at a touch.
- Whatever it is, it's terribly heavy.
- Metal. Looks like copper. It's gold.
[...]
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Actors: Boris Karloff (Imhotep), Zita Johann (Helen Grosvenor), David Manners (Frank Whemple), Arthur Byron (Sir Joseph Whemple)
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