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| Kah-to-Bey | |
| Continuity: | Hammer Horror |
| Notability: | Minor character |
| Type: | Prince |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Human |
| Location: | Egypt Rock of Death Tomb of Kah-to-Bey |
| Relatives: | Men-Ta Almen-Ta |
| Status: | Deceased |
| Died: | 2000 BCE |
| First: | The Mummy's Shroud |
| Actor: | Toolsie Persaud |
Kah-to-Bey is a fictional member of Egyptian royalty and a minor character featured in the Hammer Horror line of horror films. Played by actor Toolsie Persaud, he appeared in flashback in the 1967 film The Mummy's Shroud.
Biography[]
Kah-to-Bey was a member of Egyptian royalty who lived some two-thousand years before the common era. He was the son of the Pharaoh, Men-Ta and an unnamed mother, who died in childbirth.
Men-Ta doted on his son, and devoted his entire life towards raising him. When Kah-to-Bey was an adolescent, Men-Ta officially declared that he would suceed him as Pharaoh. This angered Men-Ta's younger brother, Almen-Ta, who sought the royal seal of Egypt for himself. As a result, Almen-Ta waged war against his brother.
As Almen-Ta's forces raided the Pharaoh's throne room, Men-Ta instructed his most loyal slave, Prem, to safeguard Kah-to-Bey and take him into hiding. Prem, and a contingent of slaves did as asked, and took the young Prince out into the desert - far away from his murderous uncle.
As they journeyed through the arid mountainous landscape, they came upon an area, which later became known as the Rock of Death. Starvation and exposure eventually took its toll on the young price and he fell ill. Before dying, he gave Prem the royal seal of the Pharaoh. Prem covered Kah-to-Bey's body in the Sacred Shroud of his people. Kah-to-Bey was buried in an underground cavern in the Rock of Death. Prem inscribed a portion of rock, noting it as the resting place of Kah-to-Bey. Prem himself died sometime later.
In 1920, British industrialist Stanley Preston financed an archaeological expedition to discover the Tomb of Kah-to-Bey. The mummified bbody of the slave Prem had previously been discovered some two decades earlier. Stanley Preston hired archeologist Sir Basil Walden to lead the expedition, which included Preston's son, Paul Preston - an Egyptologist in his own right, a photographer named Harry Newton, and a clairvoyant linguist named Claire de Sangre. Despite the hardship of sandstorms and the ttreacherous environment, they succeeded in discovering the Tomb of Kah-to-Bey. The Prince's remains, as well as the Sacred Shroud, were brought back to a Restoration House in the city of Mezzara. [1]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Kah-to-Bey was created by director & screenwriter John Gilling and writer John Elder.
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References[]
- ↑ Mummy's Shroud, The (1967). Directed by John Gilling. Written by John Gilling and Anthony Hinds.