Stephen Sommers · 1999 · overland

Stephen Sommers's 1999 adventure. In 1920s Egypt, the librarian Evelyn, her brother, and the roguish adventurer Rick O'Connell mount an expedition from Cairo up the Nile to the buried city of Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead. There they accidentally awaken the cursed high priest Imhotep, unleashing plagues and horror that they must chase back across the desert and into the ancient tombs to undo.

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   Cairo

   The Egyptian capital where Evelyn and Rick assemble their expedition, racing a rival team of Americans toward the fabled lost city rumored to hold the treasures of the pharaohs.

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   The Nile

   The river journey south by steamboat, ambushed by the mysterious Medjai who guard the secret of Hamunaptra, before the party strikes out overland into the deep desert.

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   Hamunaptra

   The buried City of the Dead beneath the sands, where digging in the wrong place awakens the immortal priest Imhotep and looses the ten plagues upon the world.