公元前1719年，埃及底比斯城，邪恶的巫师埃默霍特普和法老妻子阿克苏娜的恋情曝光了。阿克苏娜自杀了，而埃默霍特普绝望中在汉姆奈普特拉——死亡之城的举动亵渎了神灵。因为他不光彩的行动，他受到终极诅咒会成为僵尸，但永远也不会死去。只有当他腐烂的身体消失他才会得到解脱。当埃默霍特普随着石棺的合上而恐惧地尖叫时，诅咒已经随着埋下，他的邪恶、复仇的心在黑暗中越来越强大。埃默霍特普生不如死地过了3000年。1923年，活跃的军人瑞克欧康那和战友本尼在一次战役中蹒跚地走过曾经是汉姆奈普特拉的废墟。几年后，当欧康那在监狱中等待一个几乎肯定的审判时，忽然觉得自己知晓汉姆奈普特拉废墟也许可以救自己的命。在传说中，汉姆奈普特拉埋葬着大量的财富，寻宝者和地理学家都为这个传说而疯狂。欧康那找到了几乎不算同伙的美丽埃及学家艾弗琳和她兄弟琼那森。三人离开了开罗，来到尼罗河，穿越了萨哈拉沙漠，并与一队怀有恶意的军队相遇。他们并不孤单，在路上，他们还发现一队美国流浪者与他们有同样的目的，还有阿德斯贝，一群保护宗教墓地，防止埃默霍特普重生的神秘战士的领袖，也阻止他们。贪婪的美国寻宝者揭开了地下的诅咒。正如预言的，埃默霍特普可怕的力量展现为木乃伊的形式。他的力量不是能够想象的，他能够将埃及曾经爆发的瘟疫重新在大地上流行。探险者们成为了木乃伊诅咒的牺牲品。那些存活的人必须进行最后一次不顾一切的尝试，阻止木乃伊完全重生成为不可战胜的邪恶力量，也阻止艾弗琳成为埃默霍特普认为的爱人：阿克苏娜。
埃及医生辛奴耶与挚友赫伦黑救了法老王，分别被封为御医和侍卫长。但辛奴耶为 美色所迷，千金散尽被赶出门，只有逃难埃及流浪天涯，历经磨难再为名医。他因治愈希泰国指挥官脑疾 而知该国已能铸铁剑的消息，专诚返国告知赫伦黑，希望他能发动战争平息国内动乱。在法老王被各方反 对时，辛奴耶赫然发现了自己是埃及皇帝的身份。
故事发生在5000年前的埃及。法老胡夫（杰克·霍金斯 Jack Hawkins 饰）四处征战捷报连连，带回了大量的金银财宝和战俘。幻想着获得永生的法老命令战俘中的一位名叫瓦石塔（詹姆斯·罗伯逊·贾斯蒂 James Robertson Justice 饰）的建筑师为他建造金字塔。瓦石塔和胡夫之间达成了协议，根据金字塔工程的推进分批释放战俘。 金字塔的建造有条不紊的进行着，然而，就在工程即将结束之时，野心勃勃的皇妃奈里夫（琼·柯琳斯 Joan Collins 饰）暗杀了胡夫和皇后奈拉（克里玛 Kerima 饰）。皇家祭司哈马（亚历克斯·米诺蒂斯 Alex Minotis 饰）在最后关头遵守了胡夫的承诺，释放了瓦石塔和他的族人。
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