The Egyptian city of Hamunaptra is the cemetery of successive pharaohs. It is said that there are a large number of rare treasures left by the pharaohs. People go there to dig for gold, but there are few survivors. Hamunaptra has become a mysterious place and is named "the city of the dead". Librarian Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) accidentally got a map of Hamunaptra. She was very excited and decided to go there with her brother to do archaeological research. They found the former survivor O'Connor (Brendan Fraser), and the three of them went together. After a thrilling journey, Evelyn and others finally arrived at Hamunaptra, but the most terrifying thing happened: Three thousand years ago, Imhotep, the high priest of Seti I, committed a crime and was cursed with the most severe curse. He was made into a mummy and sealed in a sarcophagus, but his soul was accidentally awakened. Imhotep, who possessed immense magical powers, was about to bloodbath Egypt and bring endless disasters to the world...