While on a dig in Egypt, British archaeologist John Banning ({|Peter Cushing|}) desecrates the tomb of Princess Ananka, awakening her mummified lover ({|Christopher Lee|}). With revenge on his mind, the mummy follows Banning and the rest of his group back to England, but becomes quite taken with Banning's wife ({|Yvonne Furneaux|}), who resembles the princess quite closely.
