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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[The Mummy] What was the point of the Hom-dai in the first place?

Sure, Imhotep committed high treason, he was unhinged, and an unrivalled sorcerer.

But was the Hom-dai really necessary? Wouldn't a simple execution have worked? Did the Medjai not understand the stakes of cursing Imhotep with the Hom-dai? Eventually some bumfuck would break into the catacombs somehow and read from the Book of the Dead to bring him back. Then it's the end of the world.
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It was meant to be eternal damnation. Imhotep's soul was condemned to eternal torture under the Hom Dai. They knew the risks. They knew what could happen. But Imhotep's crimes were so severe they were willing to risk it to punish him.