Corrected entry: At the beginning of the film Evie tells us that Imhotep being buried alive with the beetles would have been a slow and horrible death, yet later in the film any death involving the beetles was fast.
LorgSkyegon
27th Aug 2001
The Mummy (1999)
Correction: The hom-dai is a perversion of the Egyptian belief of rebirth and renewal. Part of the curse is that Imhotep is renewed every day and will be eaten for many years, over and over again.
Correction: I would guess it's part of the Hohmn-dai (or however its spelled) curse that the beetles would eat Imhotep slowly.
Grumpy Scot
The coffin only have a few scarab tossed in.they would have bred into a multitude and probably half starved it would be quick to eat anyone down to the bones in no time at all.
"A few?" There was a lot! At least enough to cover Imhotep entirely.