考古学家约翰·伯林汉前往埃及进行考古探险，带回一大批极其珍贵的文物，其中最引人瞩目的是一具珍贵的木乃伊和一整组的陪葬品。伯林汉准备将其中的一部分捐赠给大英博物馆，他在和律师一起当着大英博物馆博士的面对木乃伊进行了检查后，动身前往亲戚家拜访。然而从此他却神秘失踪了，再也不见踪影。没有人看到他离开，他寄存在火车站行李也没有人领取，而更加离奇的是，他经常佩戴的挂在表链上的圣甲虫饰品竟然落在了他弟弟家的草坪上，一具尸体的残骸碎骨在泥潭、水田中陆续惊现......所有这一切，给人们留下了一个难解之谜：伯林汉去了何处？他的失踪和那具充满神秘色彩的木乃伊有着怎样的关系？是千年法老的诅咒显灵？还是一个巨大的阴谋？(Archaeologist, John Berlinhan leaves for Egypt to perform archaeology and exploration, bringing in a batch of extremely precious cultural relic, of which the precious mummy and a whole set of burial objects attract peoples' eyes mostly. Berlinhan intends to donate part of it to British Museum. After he and lawyer inspect mummy in front of doctor of British Museum, he leaves for relatives' house to visit. But he disappears mysteriously from then on and is nowhere in sight. Nobody sees his leaving. Nobody claims the luggage that he deposits at the railway station. To make the things more fantastic, scarab decoration that is hung on watch chain and is often worn by him falls on the lawn of his brother's house. Wreckage and smashed bones of corpse appear successively at quagmire and paddy field. All this leaves a puzzle for people: where does Berlinhan go? What is the relationship between his disappearance and the mummy full of mysterious color? Is it the epiphany of curse from millennium Pharaoh or is it a huge conspiracy?)