Plot
In Egypt during the fourth millennium BC, slave raiders abduct villagers to be servants for Pharaoh Sefirama's burial. While standing around Sefirama's sarcophagus, they are killed with poison gas, and the entrance to his tomb is sealed.
Thousands of years later, three men, Rick, Tariq, and Karib, uncover its entrance. The burial's high priestess, now an elderly woman, says that the tomb is cursed, but is scared off when Rick shoots his pistol at the air. Rick tells Tariq and Karib to guard the tomb for the night and drives away in his Jeep.
That evening, three grave robbers arrive and are greeted by the priestess, who tells them to close the tomb to prevent its curse. They enter the tomb but get infected by its gases. One robber dies, while the other two escape.
Meanwhile, American models travel to Egypt for a fashion shoot. En route to the tomb, one of their tires gets punctured, and they stop to replace it. Model Lisa asks the director, Gary, to look at a dune. There, Lisa falls and finds one of the robbers' severed heads. The rest of their group takes them back to their location.
Rick and his group return to the tomb and explore its burial chamber. Rick attempts to chisel a passage into the chamber, but Tarak and Karib detonate its entrance with dynamite and open Sefirama's sarcophagus to look for more treasures.
The next morning, the models' group shoots photos near the tomb. Karib shoots his gun at them, thinking that they are intruders, but Rick and Tariq stop him. The models' group proceeds to the tomb against Rick and his henchmen's objections. While doing so, their hot lights accidentally revive Sefirama. Rick snaps off the cable on one of their spotlights. Model Jenny is asked to go and find a battery for their spotlights, but spills a bowl containing one of Sefirama's organs, infecting her hand. Sefirama's followers come back to life.
Tariq is left to return to his home, while Jenny's infection burns her. Karib enters the tomb alone, cuts open Sefirama's mummy, and steals his crook and flail. A door to another chamber opens. Karib enters but is incapacitated by the door and dragged away. The following day, Rick and Tariq enter the tomb while searching for Karib and find Sefirama's crook, flail, and other treasures.
At a campfire that night, the models find the two robbers's corpses. Their heads are crushed. Meanwhile, the priestess enters the tomb, and the mummy kills her.
The next day, a model gets lost in the tomb. Meanwhile, Gary and Ahmed go to town for a rest. Local Omar gives Jenny and Gary a "smoke." Jenny sees the mummy and runs to Gary. However, the mummy is gone when he looks.
At the tomb, the mummy decapitates one of the tomb raiders. Models Lisa and Melinda take a swim at the nearby oasis. Melinda leaves to take a walk and runs into the mummy and one of his "soldiers." They kill Melinda by biting and tearing out her throat.
The next day, Rick finds Tariq dead, enters the tomb and calls for the God of the Sun. A wall slides back, and Rick finds the treasure. The mummy returns and kills Rick. Bill and Gary go to town to see Omar, who is celebrating his wedding.
Meanwhile, Lisa looks around the tomb. Bill finds the gold there and calls out. Rick's severed head falls from the ceiling and lands in Bill's arms. He returns to the camp, running from the mummy's "soldiers." Bill shoots the mummy, to no avail. The mummy decapitates Bill. Jenny gets eaten alive by the "soldiers" while Lisa and model June flee in a jeep.
At Omar's wedding celebration, the "soldiers" eat the bride. Everyone runs, but the soldiers kill many in the street. Lisa and June arrive and throw dynamite at the mummy with little effect. Aided by Omar, the models spread gasoline, light a fuse in a box of dynamite and blow up a shed with the mummy in it. Gary arrives, and walks away with Lisa, June, and Omar. The mummy's hand later rises from the rubble.
