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。
续集的故事背景安排在9年后，冒险家里克和他的图书馆情人艾弗琳已是一对恩爱夫妻，还有了个活泼可爱，同样富有冒险精神的儿子艾里克斯。全家赴埃及度假，无意中里克发现了一只古手镯，不料却因为这只手镯而遭到一伙盗墓人的追杀。大家千辛万苦回到伦敦，手镯竟在艾里克斯手腕上生了根，再也无法取下。原来这只手镯是召唤大魔头蝎子王的法器。这时一伙盗挖死亡之城的狂人已通过死亡之书将木乃伊与他的情人复活，只要再将蝎子王收编麾下，就可以达到他们统治世界的险恶目的。不过他们必须先把手镯弄到手，把大魔头蝎子王召唤回来才行，一场神鬼恶斗由此在伦敦上演……
故事发生在繁荣昌盛的尼罗河畔，在天神荷鲁斯（尼古拉·科斯特-瓦尔道 Nikolaj Coster-Waldau 饰）的和平统治之下，百姓们安居乐业，生活在一片祥和之中。然而好景不长，邪恶的黑暗之神赛特（杰拉德·巴特勒 Gerard Butler 饰）利用阴谋诡计夺走了荷鲁斯的王座和双眼，将他驱逐囚禁，赛特生性残暴而好战，很快，整个国家陷入了混乱之中。 贝克（布兰顿·思怀兹 Brenton Thwaites 饰）只是一介平凡的人类窃贼，却在意外之中成为了拯救人类的唯一希望。为了对抗强大的赛特，他千里迢迢找到了荷鲁斯，向他寻求帮助。就这样，一人一神的奇怪组合成立了。为了重新获得力量，荷鲁斯必须夺回他的眼睛，以此为目标，一行人踏上了旅途。
52岁的凯撒（雷克斯•哈里森 Rex Harrison 饰）以罗马执行官的身份驾临埃及，为了解决王室姐弟争位的事端。皇姐克里奥佩特拉（伊丽莎白•泰勒 Elizabeth Taylor 饰）美艳绝伦，凭借自身的魅力和政治手腕，迅速让凯撒拜倒在她的石榴裙下，不但获得了对埃及的统治权，而且还以美貌征服了罗马。克氏与凯撒完婚后，为其产下一子，深得凯撒喜欢，被立为继承人。但此事引起了凯撒手下大将安东尼（理查德•伯顿 Richard Burton 饰）与屋大维（罗迪•麦克道尔 Roddy McDowall 饰）的不满。在凯撒遇刺驾崩之后，安东尼接掌了罗马的统治权，但他同样无法抵挡克氏的绝世美貌。当安东尼彻底沉溺于暴风雨般爱情的时候，身在罗马的屋大维已经吹响了夺权的号角……
大侦探波洛在埃及度假期间， 卷入到了一场危险的三角关系之中，他在察觉到这趟旅程中不寻常的味道之后，登上了那条驶往阴谋和死亡的船。
年轻漂亮的林内特（洛伊丝·奇利斯 Lois Chiles 饰）继承了父亲的巨额财产，这让她的朋友杰奎琳（米亚·法罗 Mia Farrow 饰）心生嫉妒，但更让她无法接受的是，自己的男友道尔（西蒙·麦克金代尔 Simon MacCorkindale 饰）居然抛弃了自己，投入了这个富婆的怀抱。闪婚的两人决定去埃及度蜜月，得知这一消息，一群人像闻到了腥味儿的猫咪一样悄悄聚集到了他们身边。波罗（彼得·乌斯蒂诺夫 Peter Ustinov 饰）也察觉到这趟旅程中有些不寻常的味道，聪明的他和助手雷斯上校（大卫·尼文 David Niven 饰）也来到埃及，登上了那条驶往阴谋和死亡的船。林内特死了，她的女佣路易斯（简·伯金 Jane Birkin 饰）死了，案件的目击者，色情小说家莎乐美（安吉拉·兰斯伯瑞 Angela Lansbury）也死了，船上笼罩着恐怖的气氛。除了杰奎琳和道尔，每个人都有作案的动机和时间。是情杀？是仇杀？真相永远躲不过大侦探波罗的双眼。
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. The film tells the story of their meeting, their friendship emerging amidst hardship, and then dissolving after their journey.
A womanizing lawyer follows his wife and son to a trip to Egypt in a last-ditch effort to make up for his infidelities. Also travelling to Egypt is a bumbling police chief who's desperate to keep his rebellious daughter from becoming a showgirl. The two meet during a Nile cruise. Calamity ensues.
Shalimar, an Egyptian princess, striving to rid her country of its Bedouin conquerors, forms an alliance with Prince Haidi, son of the Caliph of Bagdad. She practices her intrigues both at the court and, disguised as a dancing girl, in the market place.
AIDA, an Ethiopian princess, is captured and brought into slavery in Egypt. A military commander, Radamès, struggles to choose between his love for her and his loyalty to the Pharaoh. To complicate the story further, Radamès is loved by the Pharaoh's daughter Amneris, although he does not return her feelings. Sonja Frisell’s production captures all the grandeur and excitement of Verdi’s monumental opera, particularly the great triumphal scene where the Egyptian army, led by Radamès (Plácido Domingo), returns victorious from war. Aprile Millo is Aida, the slave girl whose love for Radamès has her squaring off with Amneris (Dolora Zajick), the Egyptian princess who also loves him. Sherrill Milnes is Amonasro, and James Levine leads The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet.
Naïve young Muhasab is asked to accompany his more dependable friend, Mujahed, on a voyage up the Nile to Cairo. Once there, they will sell their boat, the "Bride of the Nile," in order to buy a barge that will make their village elders more competitive in business and trade. But a ruthless business rival is determined to see that the men never reach Cairo. Matters become even more complicated when Nargis, a scheming carnival dancer, is discovered hiding out in the cargo hold of the "Bride of the Nile."
Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.
A breathtaking trip down Earth's longest river reveals its fabled past and complex, challenging present. Wild hippopotami, the mysteries of the deadly tsetse fly, the ancient Dinka and Shilluk African tribes and the Sudd- a swamp as large as England - are among the natural wonders encountered along the trek from Uganda to Khartoum to Egypt, before concluding at the manmade wonders of the Nile, the Jonglei Canal and the Aswan High Dam.
