
                                        THE MUMMY

                                   By Stephen Sommers 


               The UNIVERSAL PICTURES globe spins. Then comes to a stop on
               the African continent. 


               A golden papyrus MAP of ANCIENT EGYPT rises up.
 

               WE PUSH IN on it, towards a CITY along the Nile, it's name
               written in hierarchic.
 

               WE KEEP PUSHING IN until the golden map turns to golden sand
               and we find ourselves DESCENDING on this ancient Egyptian
               city. Only it's not ancient. 


               SUPERIMPOSED across the SCREEN are the WORDS:


                                    THEBES - 2,134 B.C


               Accompanied by a NARRATOR with a very thick Egyptian accent:


                                   NARRATOR
                         Thebes. City of the Living. Crown
                         jewel of Pharaoh Seti the First.


               The CAMERA sets-down in an open plaza. An Arabian horse-drawn
               CHARIOT comes barreling right at us, driven by PHARAOH SETI;
               an aristocratic, virile old man. The chariot WIPES FRAME.


               INT. ANCK-SU-NAMUN'S BALCONY WINDOW - PALACE - DUSK

               Glaring out over the city at the setting sun is a handsome,
               muscular MAN with intense, evil eyes. This is IMHOTEP.


                                   NARRATOR
                         Home of Imhotep, High Priest of
                         Osiris, Keeper of the Dead.


               A gorgeous, olive-skinned goddess enters the outer foyer. It
               takes us a moment to realize that the skin-tight dress she's
               wearing isn't a dress at all, but rather her entire naked
               body has been PAINTED in the ancient Egyptian manner She's a
               stunning sight to behold. This is ANCK-SU-NAMUN.


                                   NARRATOR (CONT'D)
                         Birthplace of Anck-su-namun.
                         Pharaoh's Mistress. No other man
                         was allowed to touch her.

               She makes her way through the ornate statuary. The CAMERA
               comes to a stop on a CRACKED STONE FACE. A BEAT. And then
               it's eyes suddenly POP OPEN. It's really a strange looking
               TATTOOED MAN. Several more of these hideous, bald MEN stand
               nearby. They are the PRIESTS of Osiris. Imhotep's guys. Their
               eyes watch Anck-su-namun vanish through the bedroom curtains. 

               Anck-su-namun embraces Imhotep, they kiss passionately,
               feverishly. Imhotep's hands roam over her perfect body,
               smearing the paint. 

               The Narrator's VOICE fills with lust:

                                   NARRATOR (CONT'D)
                         But for our love, we were willing
                         to risk life itself. 

               And we realize that the Narrator is actually Imhotep himself

               on the other-side of the curtains, the bald Priests rush over
               and close the doors. But just as they do, the doors suddenly
               BURST OPEN. Pharaoh angrily strides in, looks at the Priests.
               The following DIALOGUE is in ANCIENT EGYPTIAN -- SUBTITLED.

                                   PHARAOH
                         What are you doing here? 

               The Priests back away, scared shitless, obviously his arrival
               was unexpected. Pharaoh strides for the curtains. Throws them
               back. Anck-su-namun stands alone. Gives him a sexy smile. 

               Pharaoh sees the smeared body paint. Points his finger.

                                   PHARAOH (CONT'D)
                         WHO HAS TOUCHED YOU?! 

               From behind him, his sword is ripped out of its scabbard.
               Pharaoh spins around. It's Imhotep. Pharaoh is shocked.

                                   PHARAOH (CONT'D)
                         Imhotep? .... My priest.

               Behind him, Anck-su-namun lifts a dagger and plunges it into
               his back. Pharaoh SCREAMS. Imhotep raises Pharaoh's sword. 

               The hideous bald Priests SLAM the doors and bolt them tight.
               Through the curtains, they see the SHADOWS of Anck-su-namun
               and Imhotep stab away at Pharaoh. 

               Suddenly, the doors are RAMMED from the other side --WHAM!

               Imhotep and Anck-su-namun turn and look. 

               --WHAM! The doors are RAMMED again. 

               The two lovers share desperate looks. 

               --WHAM! The bald Priests run up and grab Imhotep and try and
               pull him towards the balcony.

                                   PRIESTS
                         Pharaoh's bodyguards! 

               Imhotep tries to break free, but Anck-su-namun rips Pharaoh's
               sword out of his hand and pushes him towards the balcony.

                                   ANCK-SU-NAMM
                         You must go. Save yourself. Only
                         you can resurrect me.

               Imhotep's face fills with despair. The DOORS EXPLODE OPEN.
               MEN with BLUE-TINTED SKIN and strange PUZZLE-TATTOOS over
               their bodies stride in, armed to the teeth. These are the
               MUMIA. 

               The Priests hustle Imhotep out onto the dark balcony just as
               the Mumia rip through the curtains. Anck-su-namun points at
               Pharaoh and hisses--

                                   ANCK-SU-NAMUN
                         My body is no longer his temple! 

               She PLUNGES the sword into her own heart. out on the balcony,
               Imhotep's mouth opens into a horrible silent scream...

                                   NARRATOR/IMHOTEP
                         For murdering Pharaoh, Anck-su
                         namun's body was to be cursed. And
                         it was I, the High Priest, whose
                         duty it was to curse it.

               EXT. SAND DUNES - NIGHT

               Imhotep leads-a TORCH-LIT procession across the dunes. Anck
               su-namun's mummy is carried by NUBIAN SLAVES. They put her
               down in the sand along with FIVE JEWEL ENCRUSTED JARS.

                                   IMHOTEP
                         Her body was mummified, her vital
                         organs removed and placed in sacred
                         canopic jars

               Imhotep, filled with dread, reads from a "BOOK" made out of
               pure GOLD. THIS IS THE BOOK OF THE LIVING.

                                   IMHOTEP (CONT'D)
                         The Book of The Living contained
                         sacred incantations that would send
                         the evil dead on a journey into the
                         dark underworld. 

               Strange LIGHT suddenly FLASHES across Anck-su-namun's body
               and across the faces of the slaves and the EGYPTIAN SOLDIERS
               Suddenly, everyone's fear-filled eyes all rise, as if
               watching Anck-su-namun's body rising. 

               Then one last HUGE FLASH, accompanied by a BLAST OF WIND, and
               it's over. Anck-su-namun's body now lies twisted on the
               ground. 

               Imhotep's Priests place the body into a stone sarcophagus.
               The Nubian slaves lower it into a hole and bury it with sand
               Imhotep then signals to the Soldiers, who throw their spears
               at the Nubians. Killing them.

                                   INHOTEP
                         The slaves were killed.... 

               Imhotep's knife-wielding Priests attack the now unarmed
               Soldiers, hacking at them in the flickering darkness as
               Imhotep and the Mumia solemnly watches.

                                   IMHOTEP
                         .... and the soldiers who killed
                         them were also slain, so that no
                         unholy person should ever know the
                         exact location of the burial site.

               The Mumia walk off across the sand and then, one by one, the
               Priests stop their frenzied stabbing and stare off at the
               vanishing Mumia. 

               As the last Mumia disappears over a distant dune, Imhotep
               nods, and the Priests leap onto Anck-su-namun's grave and
               begin digging it back up with their hands.

               EXT. SAHARA DESERT - NIGHT

               CHARIOTS race out into the moonlit desert. Imhotep leads the
               way. A "hearse" carries Anck-su-namun's mummy. 

               THE MAP OF ANCIENT EGYPT FADES UP. 

               The chariots race across the map.

                                   IMHOTEP
                         But there was another book, The
                         Book Of The Dead, which was never
                         to-be opened, never to be read, for
                         it contained the incantations that
                         could bring a dead body back to
                         life a most unholy thing. 

               The chariots arrive at a place marked on the map in hieratic.
               They race up the stone ramp and in through the city gates.
               SUPERIMPOSED across the SCREEN are the WORDS: HAMUNAPTRA -
               City of the Dead

                                   IMHOTEP (CONT'D)
                         It was hidden at Hamunaptra, City
                         of the Dead, inside the statue of
                         Anubis, so that no such sacrilege
                         might ever disgrace Egypt.

               EXT. HAMUNAPTRA - ANUBIS SITE - NIGHT

               Imhotep pulls an ORNATE CHEST out of a SECRET COMPARTMENT
               inside the giant STATUE OF ANUBIS. He opens the chest and
               lifts out THE BOOK OF THE DEAD, made of black stone.

                                   IMHOTEP
                         But for my love of Anck-su-namun I
                         was willing to defy the gods.

               INT- UNDERGROUND NECROPOLIS - NIGHT

               Big hairy RATS scurry through the mausoleums and over the
               headstones of this very large, scary, UNDERGROUND CEMETERY. A
               DETRITUS MOAT surrounds the cemetery, --muck made out of
               filthy water and human remains. Skulls bob in the goop. 

               The Priests have gathered in a circle. Their hooded, lifeless
               eyes seem dead to this world. Their bald heads rock back and
               forth as they CHANT, a quiet eerie HUM. Heinous creatures. 

               In the middle of the circle is a strange, twisted ALTAR.
               Imhotep has unwrapped Anck-su-namun's gorgeous, lifeless body
               and placed her five sacred canopic jars around her.

                                   IMHOTEP
                         Anck-su-namun's vital organs were
                         still fresh, so a human sacrifice
                         would not need be made

               As Imhotep begins to read from The Book of The Dead, a large
               SWIRLING HOLE starts to open in the detritus bog. 

               Several Priests look over at it, frightened, then quickly
               look back down and resume CHANTING. 

               A strange MIST wafts up out of the swirling hole and over to
               the jars, it passes through them and into Anck-su-namun's
               body. One of the jars SHUDDERS, the heart inside begins to
               BEAT. The CHANTING PRIESTS, SWIRLING HOLE, WAFTING MIST,
               BEATING HEART and IMHOTEP'S READINGS are reaching a
               crescendo. Anck-su-namun's EYES suddenly FLY OPEN.

                                   IMHOTEP (CONT'D)
                         Anck-su-namun soul had come back
                         from the dead! Now all that was
                         needed, was to return her organs to
                         their rightful place within her
                         body.

               Imhotep lifts a sacrificial knife above Anck-su-namun's
               breast, about to plunge it down. 

               The CHANTING, SWIRLING and BEATING heart CLIMAX. And that's
               when the Mumia BURST IN and storm through the startled
               Priests. 

               The HEAD MUMIA SMASHES the jar with the beating heart. The
               MIST instantly sucks back out of Anck-su-namun's body and
               IMPLODES back into the swirling hole. 

               Anck-su-namun's eyes close. Dying once again. Imhotep SCREAMS
               in rage. The Mumia grab him and his Priests.

                                   IMHOTEP (CONT'D)
                         My Priests were condemned to be
                         mummified alive.

               INT. EMBALMER'S CHAMBER (necropolis re-vamp) - NIGHT 

               Inside a TORCH-LIT CHAMBER, Imhotep is held by Anubis-headed
               EMBALMERS. He cringes at the flickering, impressionistic
               glimpses of his Priests being embalmed and mummified alive. 

               The horrid-looking Embalmers, using knives, needles and
               thread, calmly perform their ghastly surgery on the SCREAMING
               Priests, who are going insane from the procedure. 

               A red hot POKER is pulled out of a pit of burning coals. A
               Priest's head is wedged between two strong boards. His eyes
               widen in terror as an Embalmer moves to insert the red hot
               poker up his nose. 

               But just before he does, WE QUICKLY CUT TO IMHOTEP'S FACE,
               horrified, as OFF CAMERA, the Priest SCREAMS. WE GO WIDE on
               the chamber. 

               All twenty-one of Imhotep's Priests squirm inside their
               wrappings. Imhotep is forced to his knees. His arms are held
               back. His mouth is pried open.

                                   IMHOTEP (CONT'D)
                         As for me, I was condemned to
                         endure the HOM-DAI. The worst of
                         all ancient curses. One so
                         horrible, it had never before been
                         bestowed.

               Using a pair of tongs, an Embalmer slowly pulls Imhotep's
               TONGUE out of his mouth, then places a very sharp knife on
               top of it. WE-GO TIGHT on IMHOTEP'S EYES as his tongue is
               apparently cut out. 

               The Embalmer flings Imhotep's tongue onto the floor. The
               Mumia's dogs attack and quickly eat it. Imhotep is WRAPPED.
               Only his mouth, nostrils and fear-filled eyes are left free
               of the slimy bandages. Detritus muck boils inside a black
               cauldron. Embalmers scoop out the fetid muck and apply it to
               Imhotep's wrappings as he squirms. 

               He's then laid in a wooden COFFIN inside a stone SARCOPHAGUS.
               An Embalmer with a BUCKET steps up and looks into the coffin.
               Imhotep's wild eyes stare back. The Embalmer empties the
               bucket over Imhotep's chest: dozens of SCARABS, disgusting
               dung beetles. They scurry across Imhotep's SCREAMING face.
               Some vanish into his tongue-less mouth and up his nostrils.

                                   INHOTEP
                         By eating the sacred scarabs, I
                         would be cursed to stay alive
                         forever. And by eating me, they
                         were cursed just the same. 

               The lid to the coffin is SLAMMED SHUT. Then, using a strange
               four-sided KEY, the Head Mumia locks the coffin lid tight.
               The heavy sarcophagus lid is shoved into place and with a
               loud WHOOSH seals itself airtight. Once again, the Head Mumia
               uses the strange key, locking the sarcophagus lid tight.

                                   IMHOTEP
                         I was to remain sealed inside my
                         sarcophagus, the undead for all of
                         eternity. 

               The blue-skinned, strangely tattooed man carefully collapses
               the sides of the key, --turning it into a little puzzle BOX.

                                   INHOTEP
                         They would never allow me to be
                         released. For I would arise a
                         walking disease, a plague upon
                         mankind, an unholy flesh-eater,
                         with the strength of ages, power
                         over the sands, and the glory of
                         invincibility.

               Imhotep's sarcophagus is dropped into a DETRITUS PIT. The
               disgusting muck SPLASHES up, drools down it's sides, and then
               is mysteriously sucked into it's seams, vanishing clean.

                                   INHOTEP (CONT'D)
                         And if I could raise my beloved
                         Anck-su-namun from her place in
                         hell, together, we would be an
                         unstoppable infection upon this
                         world. The Apocalypse. The End.

               Imhotep's horrifying tongue-less SCREAMS can be heard coming
               from inside his sarcophagus as grave diggers shovel dirt onto
               it. 

               THE MAIN TITLE IS SUPERIMPOSED ON THE SCREAM: THE MUMMY.

               The heavily armed Mumia stand guard around Imhotep's grave.
               Looking down on the burial site is the huge statue of ANUBIS,
               the jackal-headed god of death. It stares at us. Then begins
               to DECAY before our very eyes, aging 4,159 years in only
               seconds. 

               And then we find ourselves and the decrepit, half-buried
               statue of Anubis out in the middle of the desert.

               EXT. SAHARA - HAMANAPTRA RUINS (1925) - DAY

               Imhotep's horrifying SCREAMS become the SCREAMS of a TUAREG
               HORSEMAN. Racing across the desert with two thousand of his
               warrior brethren. Armed to the teeth. SUPERIMPOSED across the
               SCREEN are the WORDS: TEE SARKRA - 1925

               A mile across the scorching desert TWO HUNDRED FRENCH FOREIGN
               LEGIONNAIRES scurry through the ruins, preparing for the
               onslaught. 

               OUR HERO is up on the wall. His Kepi sits at a jaunty angle.
               Dashing and handsome. This is RICK O'CONNELL. He looks out at
               the massive SCREAMING horde galloping at him.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         I knew this was gonna be a lousy
                         day. 

               A doughy little Frenchman joins him as he makes his way
               across the top of the wall. This is BENI.

                                   BENI
                         Personally, I would like to
                         surrender. Why can we not just
                         surrender?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Shut-up and gimme your bandolier.

               Beni pulls off his cartridge belt. Hands it to O'Connell.

                                   BENI
                         Then let's run away. Right now.
                         While we can still make it. 

               O'Connell throws it on, crisscrossing his own bandolier.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Now gimme your revolver, you'll
                         never use it anyway. 

               Beni pulls out his pistol and chucks it to O'Connell

                                   BENI
                         Then let's play dead, huh? Nobody
                         ever does that anymore.

               O'Connell slides it into his belt, next to his own revolver

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Now go find me a big stick.

                                   BENI
                         In the desert? What for? 

               O'Connell turns and goes nose-to-nose with him.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         So I can tie it to your back, you
                         appear to be without a spine.

               The horde of warriors THUNDERS forward. Now a half mile out.
               Scimitars RATTLING. O'Connell and Beni run through the ruins.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         How'd a guy like you end up in the
                         Legion anyways?

                                   BENI
                         I got caught robbing a synagogue.
                         Lots of good stuff in them holy
                         places; churches, temples, mosques,
                         and who's guarding them?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Altar boys?

                                   BENI
                         Exactly! I speak seven languages,
                         including Hebrew, so my specialty
                         was synagogues. How about you? Kill
                         somebody? 

               Beni trips and accidentally tackles O'Connell to the ground.
               O'Connell gives him a nasty look.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         No, but I'm considering it. 

               They get up and run out the gate and down the stone ramp

                                   BENI
                         What then? Robbery? Extortion?
                         Kidnapping!

                                   O'CONNELL
                         None of the above, thank you

                                   BENI
                         Then what the hell are you doing
                         here!?

               They both skid to a stop at the front line as they see the
               horde of warriors.-The SOUND of CHARGING HORSES is deafening.
               O'Connell gives Beni a big cheesy smile.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         I was just looking for a good time. 

               And that's when the cowardly Legionnaire Colonel suddenly
               panics, cuts and runs. O'Connell instantly stiffens.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         Oh shit Steady!

               Gives the men around him courage. But onward comes the horde
               Hoofs pounding the sand. Several more Legionnaires take off.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         STEADY!
                             (to himself)
                         What the hell am I sayin'? 

               The Tuaregs let loose with those horrifying oooo-loo-loog
               SCREAMS. More Legionnaires haul-ass. Beni is one of them.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         STEADY!!
                             (to himself)
                         What the hell am I doin'? 

               The Tuaregs set their rifles and take aim. O'Connell steels
               himself, cocks and locks. The cartridge in his mouth suddenly
               snaps, he spits it into the sand. Another BEAT. And then--

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         FIRE!

               The Legionnaires on the ground FIRE. The rifles report with a
               CRASH. The BLAST blows dozens of Tuaregs clean off their
               mounts. The prone Legionnaires quickly begin to reload.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         FIRE!

               The kneeling Legionnaires FIRE. More Tuaregs bite the sand.
               The remaining warriors OPEN FIRE. THUNDER and SMOKE rip the
               hot air. A third of the Legionnaires are killed instantly.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         FIRE!

               The remaining standing Legionnaires FIRE. Tuaregs spin off
               their mounts. Crash to the sand. And then the entire Tuareg
               force plows into the ruins and through the Legionnaires.

               O'Connell grabs the barrel of his rifle and starts CLUBBING
               riders off their steeds, fighting like a man possessed. 

               Beni on the other hand, is bellycrawling across the sand,
               whimpering in full retreat as Legionnaires fall dead all
               around him. He crawls through the front gate. 

               O'Connell throws his rifle down and goes for his guns. He
               cross-draws, gun in each hand, starts blowing riders off
               their mounts. 

               Beni crawls faster, and then he spots an open TEMPLE DOORWAY
               amongst the rocks. He gets up and sprints for the door as the
               last of the Legionnaires are shot off their feet behind him. 

               O'Connell's guns go empty.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         Son-of-a-bitch.

               He turns and runs like hell, right through the front gate. 

               Four Tuareg warriors on massive Arabians haul-ass after him.
               O'Connell hurdles a stone column, hits the ground running. He
               spots Beni inside the Temple doorway, trying to close the
               heavy sandstone door.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         Hey! Beni! Wait up! 

               Beni has no intention of waiting up, he pushes harder.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         What are ya doing?! Wait up! 

               O'Connell runs faster. Beni pushes harder. The four Horsemen
               LEAP the big column and CHARGE after him. HOOFS POUNDING.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         Don't you close that door! DON'T
                         YOU CLOSE THAT DOOR!

               Beni closes the door just as O'Connell reaches it. O'Connell
               SLAMS his body into the door. It doesn't budge

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         I'm gonna get you for this! 

               He turns and bolts off around the rocks. Running for his
               life, weaving through the ruins. The Arabians getting closer
               and closer. The POUNDING hoofs getting LOUDER and LOUDER. 

               O'Connell finally spins around and faces his attackers. The
               four massive horses crash to a stop in front of him. The
               vicious Tuaregs raise their rifles to finish him off.
               O'Connell just stands there, exhausted and beaten, then he
               slowly lifts his right hand and gives them the bird.

               And that's when the horses go ape-shit. 

               All four of them REAR UP. Two of the Riders are THROWN to the
               ground.
               The horses SCREECH and BELLOW and SNORT in fear, then buck
               like fury and haul-ass away as if the devil himself had
               scared them. The thrown Riders get up and race off after
               their mounts. 

               O'Connell just stands there, stunned, then he lifts his right
               hand and checks out his middle finger. And then he feels the
               evil himself, and turns around. 

               --The shattered, decrepit statue of Anubis stares back at
               him. Suddenly, the sand begins to shift under O'Connell's
               feet. He starts to back away, keeping his eyes on the
               transforming sand, it looks like huge snakes are wiggling and
               writhing beneath it, forming lines and shapes --drawing a
               picture. O'Connell quickly turns and runs off through the
               ruins. 

               The sand stops moving, and we can now see that, drawn in the
               sand, is a picture of IMHOTEP'S SCREAMING FACE.

               EXT. RIDGE - DAY

               Up on a ridge, A GROUP OF RIDERS watch O'Connell stumble
               clear of the decrepit city. O'Connell feels their presence
               and looks up. 

               Very different from the Tuaregs, they have BLUE TINTED SKIN
               and faces covered in strange PUZZLE-TATTOOS. The Mumia. Still
               watching Imhotep's grave after all this time. The MUMIA
               LEADER is a huge, fierce Man in black robes, with dual
               scimitars across his waist. His face is both handsome and
               horrible, blue and tattooed. Meet ARDETH BAY. His dark eyes
               watch O'Connell stagger off into the open desert...

               EXT. CAIRO - DAY

               Cairo, a city so old the stars have actually changed their
               positions in the sky since it's birth. A city teeming with
               every form of life. A strange, mysterious, wonderful city. WE
               SUPERIMPOSE it's name across the SCREEN:

               CAIRO

               INT. CAIRO MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES - DAY

               Deep in the bowels of the museum lie the STACKS. Rows upon
               rows of towering bookshelves. Filled with literature on the
               Antiquities. Standing at the top of a tall ladder between two
               of these rows and leaning against one of the bookshelves,  is
               a  rather uninteresting British  GIRL: eye-glasses, hair-in-a
               bun, long boring dress, your typical prudish nightmare. This
               is EVELYN CARNARVON. We're going to fall in love with her. 

               Evelyn pulls a book out from a stack under her arm, blows the
               dust off it, then places it on a shelf with other books whose
               titles all begin with the letter "O". Then she grabs another
               book out from under her arm and reads the title.

                                   EVELYN
                         Tuthmosis? .... Now how did you get
                         up here? 

               Carefully, so as not to lose her balance, she looks over her
               shoulder to the bookshelf behind her, where all the titles
               begin with the letter 'T'. Then she looks down. It's a long
               way to the bottom. 

               Evelyn gently sets the other books down on the top shelf,
               then turns and gingerly starts to reach across the aisle with
               the Tuthmosis book. It's a little too far, so she stretches,
               reaching, holding the top of the ladder with her fingertips,
               she's almost got it, closer now closer. And that's when the
               ladder pulls away from the shelf. 

               Evelyn YELPS, flings the Tuthmosis book and grabs the top of
               the ladder, which stands straight up. Evelyn holds her
               breath, swaying precariously, a long BEAT, and then she loses
               her balance, the ladder swings around and Evelyn starts
               stiltwalking down the aisle.

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         OHEIUGM! ! AHHHHHH! 

               The ladder crosses the aisle, does an about face and heads
               back the way it came. Evelyn clings to the top, struggling
               for balance. The ladder teeters out into the main aisle and
               picks up speed. 

               Evelyn SCREAMS as it does a 180, spins into another aisle and
               finally crashes to a stop at the top of a bookshelf. 

               Evelyn holds her breath, then SIGHS HEAVILY. And that's when
               the bookshelf falls away from her and CRASHES into the next
               bookshelf. Evelyn slides down the ladder and plops to the
               floor. 

               She looks up just as the domino effect kicks-in: each
               bookshelf crashing into the next. And onward it goes.
               Bookshelf after bookshelf. Thousands of volumes flinging off
               shelves and scattering across the floor. It finally ends as
               the last shelf CRASHES into a wall. 

               Evelyn's eyes are closed. She opens one eye. Looks left. Then
               right. Then opens the other eye and stares at the huge mess.

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         Oops.

               The Egyptian CURATOR storms in.

                                   CURATOR
                         Look at this! Sons of the Messiah!
                         Give me frogs, flies, locusts,
                         Anything but this! Compared to you,
                         the other plagues were a joy! 

               Evelyn quickly gets up and starts gathering books.

                                   EVELYN
                         I'm sorry, it was an accident.

                                   CURATOR
                         When Ramesses destroyed Syria, it
                         was an accident. You are a
                         catastrophe!  Why do I put up with
                         you?

               Evelyn turns to him, trying to contain herself.

                                   EVELYN
                         You put up with me, because I can
                         read and write ancient Egyptian,
                         decipher hieroglyphs and hieratic,
                         and I'm the only person within a
                         thousand miles who knows how to
                         properly code and catalogue this
                         library.

                                   CURATOR
                         Who needs smart women? I put up
                         with you because your mother and
                         father were our finest patrons,
                         Allah rest their souls. Now
                         straighten up this mess!

               The Curator storms out. Evelyn just stands there, steaming.
               And then she hears a NOISE and quickly turns around. A BEAT.

                                   EVELYN
                         Hello?

               Quiet. Eerie. And then she hears it again, like feet, slowly
               shuffling across the floor, coming from a nearby gallery.

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         Abdul? Mohammed? Bob? 

               Evelyn walks through the stacks and enters--

               INT. THE RAMESSEUM

               Filled with treasures and plunder from the Middle Kingdom,
               it's very dark and quiet in here, the only LIGHT is from
               FLICKERING TORCHES at either end of the spooky gallery. 

               The NOISE again! 

               From the far side of the room. Feet, slowly shuffling,
               plodding across the floor. 

               Evelyn grabs a torch. Looks around,-at a statue of Anubis,
               another of Horus, they stare down at Evelyn, who is starting
               to get scared now. She walks down the aisle. Past a closed
               sarcophagus. Past cases of ancient artifacts. Past another
               sarcophagus, --only this one is OPEN! 

               Evelyn freezes, swallows hard, nervously looks around to see
               who could have opened it. Then she slowly leans forward with
               the torch, and peers inside. 

               --A  hideous rotted MUMMY  sits up  and SCREECHES at  her!
               Evelyn SCREAMS, drops the torch and backs away, scared out of
               her wits. And then, coming from inside the sarcophagus, she
               hears a Man LAUGHING. Her eyes narrow as a foppish cad crawls
               out from behind the Mummy, laughing his ass off, half drunk.

                                   EVELYN
                         You... ! YOU... !

                                   JONATHAN
                         Drunkard? Fool? Rat-bastard? Please
                         call me something original. 

               Meet JONATHAN CARNARVON. As he crawls out of the sarcophagus,
               Evelyn pulls a cigarette out of the mummy's mouth.

                                   EVELYN
                         Have you no respect for the dead?

                                   JONATHAN
                         Right now, I only wish to join
                         them.

               He grins drunkenly.  Evelyn punches him hard in the chest.

                                   EVELYN
                         Well I wish you'd do it sooner
                         rather than later, before you ruin
                         my career the way you've ruined
                         yours.

                                   JONATHAN
                         My dear, sweet, baby sister, I'll
                         have you know, that at this moment
                         my career is on a high note. 

               He BELCHES, then falls back and sits on the edge of a tomb.

                                   EVELYN
                         High note? Ha! For five years
                         you've been scrounging around
                         Egypt, and what have you to show
                         for it? Nothing. 

               Jonathan excitedly starts scrounging around in his jacket.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Oh yes I do! I have something right
                         here!

                                   EVELYN
                         Oh no, not another worthless
                         trinket, Jonathan, if I bring one
                         more piece of junk to the Curator
                         to try and sell for you.

               Jonathan pulls out a small, ancient BOX; the collapsed KEY to
               Imhotep's sarcophagus and coffin. Evelyn is instantly
               curious, she grabs the box out of his hand.

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         Where did you get this? 

               Jonathan  knows  her weaknesses,  gives  her  a mischievous 
               smile.

                                   JONATHAN
                         On a dig, down in Thebes.

               Evelyn rolls the box around in her hands, mumbling to herself
               as she translates the hieratics and hieroglyphs covering it.
               Jonathan licks his lips in anticipation.

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         My whole life I've never found
                         anything, Evy Tell me I've found
                         something.

               Evelyn's fingers play with the various little slats on the
               box, shifting them this way and that way, it's like a puzzle
               box. Then suddenly, it UNFOLDS ITSELF, almost-mechanically,
               turning itself into the KEY. Sitting inside the open key/box
               is a folded piece of GOLDEN PAPYRUS. An ANCIENT MAP.

                                   EVELYN
                         Jonathan?

                                   JONATHAN
                         Yes?

                                   EVELYN
                         I think you found something.

               INT. CURATOR'S OFFICE - DAY

               The Curator sits at his desk, staring through a jeweler's
               eyepiece at the key/box. Evelyn hovers behind him, excited.

                                   EVELYN
                         See the cartouche there, it's the
                         official royal seal of Seti the
                         First, I'm sure of it

                                   CURATOR
                         Perhaps

               Jonathan leans in from across the desk.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Two questions. Who the hell is Seti
                         the First? And was he rich?

                                   EVELYN
                         He was the last Pharaoh of the Old
                         Kingdom, said to be the wealthiest
                         Pharaoh of them all.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Alright, good, that's good. I like
                         this fellow, like him very much. 

               The Curator picks up the MAP. It's actually the exact same
               map that we established in the opening scenes of the movie.

                                   EVELYN
                         I've already dated it, this map is
                         almost four thousand years old. And
                         the hieratics over here....
                             (Inhales deeply)
                         It's Hamunaptra.

               The Curator freezes, suddenly very nervous, then he recovers

                                   CURATOR
                         My dear girl, don't be ridiculous,
                         we are scholars, not treasure
                         hunters. Hamunaptra is a myth.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Are we talking about the
                         Hamunaptra?

                                   EVELYN
                         Yes. The City of The Dead. Where
                         the early Pharaohs were said to
                         have hidden the wealth of Egypt.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Right, right, in a big underground
                         treasure chamber. Everybody knows
                         the story. The entire necropolis
                         was rigged to sink into the sand.
                         On Pharaoh's command, a flick of
                         the switch! And the whole place
                         could disappear beneath the dunes.

                                   EVELYN
                         All we know is that the city
                         mysteriously vanished around 2,134
                         B.C. 

               The Curator holds the  map  closer to  the burning  CANDLE
               LAMP.

                                   CURATOR
                         As the Americans would say: it's
                         all fairy tales and hokum.

               The map 'accidentally,' CATCHES ON FIRE. The Curator throws
               it to the floor. Jonathan drops to his knees and quickly puts
               it out. Lifts it up. The left third of the map is now
               missing.

                                   JONATHM
                         You burned it! You burned off the
                         part with the lost city!

                                   CURATOR
                         It's for the best, I'm sure. Many
                         men have wasted their lives in the
                         foolish pursuit of Hamunaptra, no
                         one has ever found it, most have
                         never returned.

                                   JONATHAN (DEVASTATED)
                         You killed my map.

                                   CURATOR
                         I'm sure it was a fake, anyway, I'm
                         surprised at you, Miss Carnarvon,
                         to be so fooled. 

               The Curator reaches for the key/box. Evelyn quickly snatches
               it off the desk and gives him a very angry, suspicious look.

               EXT. CAIRO PRISON - GALLOWS COURTYARD - DAY

               Cairo prison. One of the worst hell holes on earth. Every low
               life form of scumbag can be found here. 

               The WARDEN, a first rate scumbag himself, escorts Evelyn and
               Jonathan across the gallows courtyard. 

               Evelyn whispers to Jonathan.

                                   EVELYN
                         You told me you found it on a dig
                         down in Thebes!

                                   JONATHAN
                         I was mistaken.

                                   EVELYN
                         Lied to me!

                                   JONATHM
                         I lie to everybody, what makes you
                         so special?

                                   EVELYN
                         I'm your sister.

                                   JONATHAN
                         That just makes you more gullible.

                                   EVELYN
                         You stole it from a drunk at the
                         local Casbah?!

                                   JONATHAN
                         Picked his pocket, actually

               EXT. VISITORIS PEN - DAY

               The  Warden  ushers  Evelyn and  Jonathan  into  the holding 
               pen.

                                   EVELYN
                         And what is he in prison for?

                                   WARDEN
                         I did not know, so when I heard you
                         were coming, I asked him that
                         myself.

                                   EVELYN
                         And what did he say?

                                   WARDEN
                         He said,....he was just looking for
                         a good time.

               The interior cell door BURSTS OPEN. O'Connell is in chains,
               dragged by FOUR GUARDS, they shove him up to the cell bars.
               From the looks of it, he's been here awhile; his face is half
               hidden by long hair, a scraggly beard and many new bruises. 

               Evelyn looks at him, disgusted by his appearance.

                                   EVELYN
                         But he's just a filthy criminal?

                                   JONATHAN (CRINGING)
                         Way to go, Evy.

               O'Connell gives Evelyn  the  once over,  then looks  at
               Jonathan.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         So who's the broad?

                                   EVELYN
                         Broad?!

                                   JONATHAN
                         She's my sister, actually.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Yeah? Well...I'm sure she's not a
                         total loss. 

               Evelyn is stunned and furious. The Warden heads out  the
               door.

                                   WARDEN
                         I'll be back in a moment.

                                   O'CONNELL (SARCASTIC)
                         I tremble with anticipation.

               A Guard CLUBS O'Connell across the head, O'Connell's face
               bounces off the metal bars. He shows no pain, but just looks
               back and gives the Guard a nasty look. Evelyn steps closer.

                                   EVELYN
                         We uh,...found .... your puzzle
                         box, and we've come to ask you
                         about it.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         No.

                                   EVELYN
                         No?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         No. ...You came to ask me about
                         Hamunaptra.

               Evelyn and Jonathan quickly look around, hoping the guards
               didn't hear him. They step closer. Evelyn plays coy.

                                   EVELYN
                         How do you know the box pertains to
                         Hamunaptra?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Because that's where I found it. I
                         was there.

               Evelyn is dumbstruck. But Jonathan looks suspicious

                                   JONATHAN
                         How do we know that's not a load of
                         pig swallow? 

               O'Connell  looks  closer  at  Jonathan,  a  glint  of 
               recognition.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Hey...don't I know you?

                                   JONATHAN
                         Um, well, you see....

               O'Connell's FIST comes flying through the bars, hits Jonathan
               square in the jaw, DECKS HIM. He hits the floor. Out cold.

               A Guard CLUBS O'Connell. His head bounces off the bars again.
               He shows no pain, but gives the Guard another nasty look.
               Evelyn looks down at her brother, then back at O'Connell.

                                   EVELYN
                         You were actually at Hamunaptra?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         I just decked your brother

                                   EVELYN
                         Yes, well, (shrugs) I know my
                         brother. 

               O'Connell  almost smiles. There's a bit of spark to this
               girl.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Yeah, I was there.

                                   EVELYN
                         You swear?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Every damn day

                                   EVELYN
                         No, I mean--

                                   O'CONNELL
                         --I know what you mean. I was
                         there, alright. Seti's place. The
                         City Of The Dead.

                                   EVELYN
                         What did you find? What did you
                         see?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         I found sand. I saw death. 

               The warden enters.  Evelyn quickly leans closer to O'Connell.

                                   EVELYN
                         Could you tell me how to get there?
                         The exact location?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Want to know?

               Evelyn leans in even closer

                                   EVELYN
                         Yes.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Really want to know? 

               She leans her face right up to the bars, nervous  and
               excited.

                                   EVELYN
                         Yes.

               O'Connell steps forward and KISSES her full on the lips.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Then get me the hell outta here.

               Evelyn is stunned. A Guard CLUBS him, his face bounces off
               the bars again, but before he can react the Guards GRAB him,
               YANK him away from the bars and DRAG him out of the room.

                                   EVELYN
                         Where are they taking him?

                                   WARDEN
                         To be hanged.

               Evelyn is shocked. The warden shows-off his green teeth

                                   WARDEN (CONT'D)
                         Apparently, he had a very good
                         time.

               EXT. GALLOWS COURTYARD - DAY

               Hundreds of filthy PRISONERS stare down onto the gallows as
               the hangman's noose is draped over O'Connell's head and
               cinched tight around his neck. 

               Evelyn follows the warden onto a balcony above the gallows.
               The prisoners all go dead quiet at the sight of her; like
               jackals staring at fresh meat.

                                   WARDEN
                         No women allowed.

                                   EVELYN
                         I am an English woman. 

               This seems to confuse the Warden, he shrugs and sits down.
               O'Connell looks up as Evelyn plops down beside the Warden

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         I will give you one hundred pounds
                         to spare his life.

                                   WARDEN
                         I would pay one hundred pounds just
                         to see him hang.

                                   EVELYN
                         Two hundred pounds.

                                   WARDEN
                         Proceed!

                                   EVELYN
                         Three hundred pounds! 

               O'Connell can hear every word, he looks hopeful. Other than
               Evelyn, you could hear a pin drop. The HANGMAN turns to him

                                   HANGMAN
                         Any last requests, pig?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Yeah, I'd like ya to let me go.

               The Hangman grabs the lever to the trapdoor.

                                   EVELYN
                         FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS! 

               The Warden sets his greasy, lecherous hand on Evelyn's leg.

                                   WARDEN
                         And what else?

               Evelyn is revolted, she quickly shoves his hand away.
               Insulted, the Warden angrily turns and gestures to the
               Hangman, who pulls the lever. The trapdoor DROPS AWAY.

                                   EVELYN
                         NOOO!

               O'Connell DROPS through the hole. The rope pays-out. Then
               JERKS TAUGHT. O'Connell's body SNAPS at the end of the rope.
               But he's still alive, because--

                                   WARDEN
                         His neck did not break! Good! Now
                         we watch him strangle to death. 

               The prisoners go ape-shit, SCREAMING and SHOUTING in anger.
               The GUARDS look around, nervous. 

               O'Connell struggles at the end of the rope, gagging. Evelyn
               is horrified, she quickly turns to the warden, leans forward
               and whispers in his ear.

                                   EVELYN
                         He knows the location to
                         Hamunaptra. The warden spins around
                         and faces her

                                   WARDEN
                         You lie.

                                   EVELYN
                         I would never!

               At the end of the rope, O'Connell is choking and gagging and
               turning several shades of red. The Warden stares at Evelyn.

                                   WARDEN
                         Are you saying this filthy godless
                         son of a pig knows where to find
                         The City Of The Dead? Truly?

                                   EVELYN
                         Yes and if you cut him down, we
                         will give you ten percent.

                                   WARDEN
                         Fifty percent.

                                   EVELYN
                         Twenty.

                                   WARDEN
                         Forty.

               Evelyn hesitates, bites her lip. O'Connell's eyes bulge as he
               looks up at her, he can't believe this girl.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Give .... give him .... give him
                         GLAAAA--!

                                   EVELYN
                         Twenty-five percent, and not one
                         single farthing more. 

               The warden flashes a big green smile, then YELLS in Arabic A
               scimitar SLASHES the air. The rope is CUT. 

               O'Connell CRASHES to the ground. Half dead. Rolls over.
               GAGGING. All of the prisoners BURST INTO CHEERS. 

               O'Connell looks up at Evelyn. She smiles broadly and waves
               down at him.

               CURATOR'S OFFICE - NIGHT

               CANDLE LIGHT FLICKERS across the Curator's face.

                                   CURATOR
                         She must die

               Standing in the shadows across from his desk are THREE MUMIA:
               blue tinted skin, hideous facial tattoos, --the works. One of
               the Mumia has a rusty metal HOOK for a hand. He shrugs.

                                   HOOK
                         She is like all the others. She
                         will die in the desert.

                                   CURATOR
                         No! She has seen too much. She
                         knows too much.

               The Curator leans across his desk, fear in his eyes.

                                   CURATOR (CONT'D)
                         Not only does she have a map, but
                         she has the key. 

               Spooks the hell out of the Mumia guys.

                                   HOOK
                         The key!? She has the lost key!?

                                   CURATOR
                         Yes. No one has ever had so much,
                         been so close. We must stop her, or
                         it will be the end of us all.

                                   HOOK
                         Then we will kill her, we will kill
                         her and all those with her.

                                   CURATOR
                         And burn the map and retrieve the
                         key.

                                   HOOK
                         It will be done. But what of the
                         American expedition? They leave
                         tomorrow as well.

                                   CURATOR
                         Forget the bumbling Americans, they
                         will be like all the others.
                         without the map to guide them, how
                         can they possibly find Hamunaptra?

               EXT. GIZA PORT - DAY

               SMASH CUT TO: our old traitorous friend BENI.

                                   BENI
                         It is three days down the Nile,
                         then two days by camel, sahibs. 

               WE CRANE BACK: to reveal Beni standing on the bow of a
               PASSENGER BARGE. Surrounded by DANIELS, HENDERSON and BURNS,

                                   DANIELS
                         For all the money we're paying you,
                         something better god-damned well be
                         under that sand. 

               WE KEEP CRANING BACK: as Henderson slaps Daniels on the back.

                                   HENDERSON
                         "Hamunaptra," Daniels, that's all
                         ya gotta keep sayin, to yourself,
                         "Hamunaptra." 

               Now we see all of GIZA PORT: Team of explorers swarm the
               docks. Across the Nile, the PYRAMIDS spike the sky. Evelyn
               and Jonathan walk along the boardwalk besieged by HAWKERS
               selling everything from toy tombs to King Tut action figures.

                                   EVELYN
                         Do you really think he'll show up?

                                   JONATHAN
                         Undoubtedly, I know the breed, he
                         may be a cowboy, but his word is
                         his word.

                                   EVELYN
                         Personally, I think he's filthy,
                         rude and a complete scoundrel. I
                         don't like him one bit.

                                   O'CONNELL (O.S.)
                         Anyone I know?

               They both turn. O'Connell walks up; shaved, showered, spit
               and polished, with a new haircut and clothes. He looks more
               dashing and handsome than ever. Evelyn is suitably impressed.

                                   EVELYN
                         Oh .... um,...hello. 

               Jonathan grabs O'Connell's arm and shakes his hand.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Smashing day for the start of an
                         adventure, eh, O'Connell? 

               O'Connell quickly checks his pockets.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Yeah, sure, smashing. 

               He finds his wallet and relaxes. DIRECTLY ABOVE HIM: on the
               bow of the barge, Burns wipes his bifocals and turns to Beni.

                                   BURNS
                         You're sure Hamunaptra is out
                         there?

                                   BENI
                         Along with the scorched bones of my
                         entire garrison, sahib. 

               And that's when Beni spots O'Connell. Beni shakes his head,
               as if seeing a mirage, then starts backing away from the men.

                                   BENI (CONT'D)
                         A thousand pardons, my good sahibs
                         but there is much work to be done. 

               Beni quickly scurries off, vanishing down into the hold.

               BACK DOWN WITH: Evelyn, recovering, she clears her throat.

                                   EVELYN
                         Mister O'Connell, can you look me
                         in the eye, and guarantee me this
                         is not some sort of flimflam?
                         Because if it is, I'm warning you-- 

               --O'Connell steps up close to Evelyn, invading her space
               looks her straight in the eye. Evelyn doesn't back away.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         All I can tell you, miss, is that
                         my Colonel found that map in an
                         ancient fortress, and the whole
                         damn garrison believed in it so
                         much, that without orders, we
                         marched halfway across Libya and
                         into Egypt to find that city. Like
                         I told ya, all I saw was sand.
                         Everybody else was wiped-out by
                         Tuareg warriors. I'll take your
                         bags. 

               O'Connell takes her bags and heads up the gangplank and onto

               THE SAME PASSENGER BARGE THAT BENI AND THE AMERICANS ARE ON.

               Evelyn's eyes follow him, a bit wistfully. Jonathan sees it.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Yes, yes, you're right, filthy,
                         rude, a complete scoundrel, nothing
                         to like there at all. 

               Evelyn gives him a look. Jonathan just grins. And that's when
               the warden suddenly brushes past, tipping his raggedy hat.

                                   WARDEN
                         A bright good morning to all.

                                   EVELYN
                         What are you doing here?

                                   WARDEN
                         I have come to protect my
                         investment, thank you very much. 

               And up the plank he goes. Evelyn and Jonathan share a look. 

               WE GO WIDE AGAIN: as the barge pulls out and heads down the
               Nile. 

               WE TILT UP: to the SUN, which then DISSOLVES into--

               EXT. RIVER NILE - NIGHT

               --The MOON, shining down on the desert. 

               The THREE VICIOUS MUMIA quietly glide a narrow skiff out onto
               the river. The one with the hook sits in the middle of the
               skiff, the other two row, heading for the PASSENGER BARGE
               coming their way.

               EXT. THE BAR AT THE BOW - NIGHT

               Jonathan and the three Americans are playing poker. O'Connell
               comes out a door carrying a GUNNY-SACK.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Sit down, O'Connell, sit down, we
                         could use another good player.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         I only gamble with my life, never
                         my money.

                                   DANIELS
                         Never? What if I were to wager five
                         hundred dollars says we get to
                         Hamunaptra before you? 

               O'Connell returns Daniel's cocky look.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Yer on.

               Burns slips on his dirty bifocals.

                                   BURNS
                         What makes you so confident, sir?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         What makes you?

               Henderson spits a wad of chew into a spittoon.

                                   HENDERSON
                         We got us a man who's actually been
                         there.

               O'Connell's poker face drops, perplexed. Same with Jonathan

                                   JONATHAN
                         I say, what a coincidence, why-- 

               O'Connell 'accidentally' hits him in the ribs with the gunny
               sack, shutting him up. Jonathan quickly covers.

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         --whose deal is it? Is it my deal?
                         I thought I just dealt?

               EXT. BARGE - NIGHT

               Evelyn sits on a table, staring out over the passing river.
               The gunny-sack DROPS onto the table, startling her.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Sorry, didn't mean to scare ya

                                   ELVELYN
                         The only thing that scares me,
                         Mister O'Connell, are your manners,

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Still angry that I kissed ya, huh?

                                   EVELYN
                         If you call that a kiss. 

               O'Connell reaches into the gunny-sack and starts pulling out
               revolvers, pistols, hunting knives, a massive elephant gun,
               and a half dozen carefully wrapped sticks of dynamite.

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         Did I miss something? Are we going
                         into battle?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         The last time I was at that place
                         everybody I was with died. 

               This takes the smile off Evelyn's face. O'Connell starts
               dismantling and cleaning the guns.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         There's something out there, you
                         know, something under that sand.

                                   EVELYN
                         Yes, I'm hoping to find a certain
                         artifact, a book, actually, my
                         brother thinks there's treasure.
                         What do you think is out there? 

               O'Connell looks into Evelyn's eyes.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Evil. The Tuaregs and the Bedouin
                         believe that Hamunaptra is cursed,
                         they call it, "the doorway to
                         hell".

                                   EVELYN
                         Ahmar is Ossirion. "Passageway to
                         the underworld", actually. 

               She gives him a know-it-all grin.

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         I don't believe in fairy tales and
                         hokum, Mister 0'Connell, but I do
                         believe that one of the most famous
                         books in history is buried out
                         there, The Book Of The Living It's
                         what first interested me in Egypt
                         as a child. It's why I came here,
                         sort of a life's pursuit.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         And the fact that they say it's
                         made out of pure gold, makes no
                         nevermind to you, right? 

               Evelyn is surprised by his knowledge.

                                   EVELYN
                         You know your history.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         I know my treasure.

               Evelyn gets up to go, then she hesitates, nervous, she turns
               back to O'Connell, and as matter-of-fact as possible says:

                                   EVELYN
                         By the way, ...why did you kiss me? 

               O'Connell, cleaning his guns, just shrugs his shoulders

                                   O'CONNELL
                         I was about to be hanged, seemed
                         like a good idea at the time.

                Evelyn's eyes widen, furious, she turns and storms off.
               O'Connell looks up, watching her leave, a bit perplexed

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         What? .... Wha'd I say? 

               Then he hears someone SNICKERING under the table. 

               He quickly reaches down, grabs that someone and lifts him up.
               It's Beni.

                                   BENI
                         My very good friend! What a
                         surprise

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Why if it ain't my little buddy,
                         Beni. I outta kill you. 

               O'Connell sticks a knife under Beni's throat. Beni swallows
               hard, then tries to weasel his way out with a big grin.

                                   BENI
                         You never were any good with the
                         ladies, O'Connell.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         So you're the one leading the
                         Americans, I shoulda figured. So
                         what's the scam? You get 'em out in
                         the middle of the desert then leave
                         'em to rot?

                                   BENI
                         Unfortunately no, these Americans
                         are smart, they pay me only half
                         now, half when I get them back to
                         Cairo, so I must go all the way. 

               O'Connell pulls the knife away. Beni relaxes, rubs his neck.

                                   BENI (CONT'D)
                         You never believed in Hamunaptra,
                         O'Connell. Why are you going back?
                         The devil himself lives out there.

               They look as they hear Evelyn YELP. A single CAMEL in the
               HORSE PADDOCK takes another bite at her. She YELPS again and
               backs away. O'Connell grins as Evelyn flees down the deck.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         The girl saved my life, figured it
                         was the least I could do, keep her
                         out of trouble.

                                   BENI
                         You always did have more balls than
                         brains.

               O'Connell's eyes narrow at the insult, he looks back at Beni

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Let's make us even, shall we?

                                   BENI
                         Even?

               O'Connell grabs him and chucks him over the side of the
               barge. Beni SPLASHES into the river. O'Connell takes his
               gunny-sack and starts walking off down the deck.

                                   BENI(O.S) (CONT'D)
                         O'Connell! I am going to kill you
                         for this!

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Sounds familiar.

               And that's when he spots THREE SETS OF WET FOOTPRINTS, coming
               up over the railing from the river and heading down the deck.
               O'Connell quickly looks around, immediately on the alert.

               INT. EVELYN'S CABIN - NIGHT

               Evelyn, wearing a nightgown, stands in front of a mirror. She
               gives her head a good shake, letting her hair fall loose over
               her bare shoulders. Then she turns around, RIGHT THERE IS ONE
               OF THE HIDEOUS MUMIA! It's Hook. He slams his hand over her
               mouth and lifts up his hook, ready to strike.

                                   HOOK
                         Where is the map? 

               Evelyn's terrified eyes glance down. Hook looks over, sees
               the map lying next to a flickering candle on a nearby table,

                                   HOOK (CONT'D)
                         And the key? Where is the key? 

               Evelyn's eyes look confused. She shakes her head. Hook grins,

                                   HOOK (CONT'D)
                         Then I'll find it myself.

               He cocks his hook, about to kill her. And that's when the
               door is KICKED OPEN. 

               O'Connell BURSTS IN, gun in each hand. Hook spins Evelyn
               around and holds her out in front of him. O'Connell looks at
               her.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Friend of yours?

               Evelyn's eyes widen. And that's when the candle on the table
               FLICKERS. Everything happens at once.

               READ FAST: O'Connell spins around just as a window BURSTS
               OPEN. A Mumia leans in. FIRES A GUN. Woodchips BLAST OFF the
               wall next to O'Connell's head. He returns FIRE. Kills the
               Mumia. The Mumia falls back. FIRING BLINDLY.

               A LANTERN in the room is BLASTED. Kerosene SPLASHES across
               the wall. BURSTS INTO FLAMES. Evelyn grabs the candle on the
               table and JAMS IT back over her shoulder, right into Hook's
               EYE. He SCREECHES in pain and lets her go. O'Connell grabs
               her and YANKS her out of the FLAMING ROOM.

               HALLWAY - NIGHT

               O'Connell pulls Evelyn down the hall, she tries to jerk free.

                                   EVELYN
                         The map! We need the map! 

               He shoves her up against a wall.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Relax! I'm the map!
                             (taps his forehead)
                         It's all up here.

                                   EVELYN
                         Oh that's comforting.

               O'Connell gives her a look, then pulls her forward

                                   O'CONNELL
                         C'mon, there's still one more of
                         those guys around here somewhere.

               EVELYN'S FLAMING ROOM - NIGHT

               Hot melted wax covers Hook's face as he holds his sore eye
               and struggles to the door. Then he notices the key/box on the
               floor. He bends over to pick it up. And that's when the door
               is KICKED OPEN again, it hits him in the ass and knocks him
               into the fire. Jonathan leans in. Sees nothing but flames.

                                   JONATHAN
                         EVY!!

               Then he sees the key/box on the floor and picks it up, A HAND
               suddenly snatches the key/box away from him.

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         Hey that's mine--- it's Hook. 

               His backside is now ON FIRE. He lifts his pistol. Jonathan
               quickly backpedals out the door as Hook OPENS FIRE.

               EXT. CAMEL PADDOCK - NIGHT

               O'Connell and Evelyn race out onto the deck near the horse
               paddock. People are SCREAMING and SHOUTING, lots of panic.
               BLAM! A chunk of the wall is BLOWN OFF next to Evelyn's head.

               O'Connell pivots and FIRES BACK. It's the last Mumia, on the
               other side of the paddock. He and O'Connell exchange GUNFIRE.

               Another LANTERN BURSTS INTO FLAMES. O'Connell SHOOTS OFF the
               paddock lock. The horses go nuts. 

               O'Connell FIRES over their heads. They CHARGE FORWARD and
               CRASH through the door. The Mumia SCREAMS as the horses
               STAMPEDE over him. FLAMES sweep up the walls and race across
               the roof. Half the barge is now ON FIRE. O'Connell throws the
               gunny-sack over his shoulder.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Can you swim?

                                   EVELYN
                         Well of course I can swim, if the
                         occasion calls for it.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Trust me,

               He picks her up and throws her over the side

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         The occasion calls for it.

               Evelyn SPLASHES into the water. O'Connell dives in after her.

               EXT. BARGE BOW - NIGHT

               Jonathan runs out onto the bow, sees the three Americans,
               guns in every hand, fanning their pistols, SHOOTING
               everything in sight. Jonathan just shakes his head.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Americans.

               Hook suddenly stumbles up behind him --now a FLAMING TORCH. 

               Jonathan turns around, Hook grabs him by the throat with his
               FLAMING ARM and pins him to the cabin wall.
               Jonathan's eyes widen as he sees a hook rising up inside the
               FLAMES about to strike him. 

               The Americans pivot and OPEN FIRE. Blow Hook over the
               railing. Jonathan turns to the Americans and smiles.

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         I say! Good show! 

               Then he points his thumb at himself

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         And did I panic?

               He lifts up his other hand --he has the key/box back.

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         I think not.

               And that's when the horses STAMPEDE onto the bow. Jonathan
               dives over one side, the three Americans dive over the other.

               NILE RIVERBANK - NIGHT

               O'Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan and the Warden wade out of the
               water. 

               Evelyn's nightgown clings tight to her body as she wrings it
               out. She looks good. O'Connell notices. 

               Everybody else, including the horses, is getting out on the
               far shore O'Connell spots Beni running up to the Americans.

                                   BENI
                         Hey O'Connell! Looks to me like I
                         got all the horses!

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Hey Beni! Looks to me like you're
                         on the wrong side of the river!

               Beni looks up at the stars, then angrily KICKS the sand
               CURSING. The FLAMING barge drifts off, slowly sinking...

               BEDOUIN TRADING POST - DAY

               O'Connell barters in ARABIC with a CAMEL TRADER at a trading
               post. Jonathan forks over some cash. The Trader hands them
               the reins of four ugly old camels.

                                   JONATHAN
                         I can't believe the price of these
                         fleabags.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         We coulda had 'em for free, all we
                         had to do was give 'em your sister.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Yes, awfully tempting, wasn't it?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Awfully.

               And that's when Evelyn steps out of a trading tent. She's
               changed into a gorgeous, tightly fitted, Bedouin dress.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         Then again....

               SAHARA DESERT SAND DUNES - DAY

               O'Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan and the warden are on camels in
               the middle of the frying pan; the endless, sunbaked Sahara.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Never did like camels. Filthy
                         buggers. They smell, they bite,
                         they spit. Disgusting. 

               The warden savagely attacks a chicken wing with his vile
               green teeth. Flies buzz around his head. He sucks at his
               gums, then spits out some gristle. O'Connell watches him.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Yeah, disgusting. 

               Evelyn is having the time of her life on top of her camel.

                                   EVELYN
                         Well I think they're cute. 

               WE DO SEVERAL TIME DISSOLVES: showing the majesty of the
               desert, and our heroes getting deeper and deeper into it.

               FRYING PAN - NIGHT

               The MOON shines down an four lone camel rider's trekking
               across the vast wasteland. Jonathan is sound asleep, his head
               bobbing comically to the rhythm of his camel. 

               On the camel next to him, the Warden SNORES LOUDLY. 

               Up in front of them, Evelyn slowly starts to slide off her
               saddle. O'Connell reaches over and stops her, then gently
               pushes her back up onto her saddle, never waking her.
               For a long moment, his eyes watch Evelyn, and then he looks
               up at a distant ridge-- 

               --where Ardeth Bay and a group of MUMIA RIDERS are pacing
               them.

               EXT. GIANT SAND DUNE - ENDLESS HORIZON - DAY

               The dawning sun hasn't yet crested the distant horizon as
               Jonathan and the Warden ride alongside a giant sand dune.

                                   JONATHAN
                         And you snore!

                                   WARDEN
                         I do not snore!

                                   JONATHAN
                         All night you snored!

                                   WARDEN
                         I have never snored! 

               Up in front of them, O'Connell looks at Evelyn.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         We're almost there.

                                   EVELYN
                         Are you sure?

               O'Connell looks down at the ground.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Pretty sure.

               The others look down and see DOZENS OF SKELETONS sticking out
               of the ground. Bleached and eaten away. Some of the skeletons
               look like they're trying to crawl up out of the desert floor.

                                   JONATHAN
                         What in bloody hell is this? 

               The Warden shivers in fear.

                                   WARDEN
                         Other seekers of Hamunaptra. 

               The American Expedition rides out from behind the far end of
               the dune. The Americans are accompanied by TWO DOZEN NATIVE
               DIGGERS and an Arab EGYPTOLOGIST. Beni rides lead on a camel,
               the rest ride horses.

                                   BENI
                         Good morning, my friend! O'Connell
                         just nods. 

               The two parties come to a stop a hundred feet apart.
               O'Connell turns and stares out across the endless horizon.
               Beni does likewise. The Americans look puzzled.

                                   DANIELS
                         Well, what the hell we doin'?

                                   BENI
                         Patience, my good sahib, patience.
                         Henderson looks over at O'Connell.

                                   HENDERSON
                         First one to the city, O'Connell!
                         Five hundred! Cash bucks! 

               O'Connell and Beni just stare out at the flat nothingness.
               Evelyn and Jonathan share a look. And then, the SUN starts to
               rise in the distance, breaking the flat horizon.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Get ready.

               Evelyn can feel the suspense and the majesty of the moment.

                                   EVELYN
                         For what?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         we're about to be shown the way. 

               Far off to the right, a HUGE SHAPE begins to rise with the
               sun. A VOLCANO. O'Connell and Beni watch it, expressionless.
               Daniels, Henderson and Burns share a look, and then--

                                   DANIELS/HENDERSON/BURNS
                         HEYA!

               The Americans take off. Racing towards the rising volcano.

                                   DANIELS
                         SEE YA THERE, O'CONNELL! 

               Evelyn and Jonathan give O'Connell anxious, sarcastic looks.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Ah, begging your pardon, but
                         shouldn't we be going?

                                   EVELYN
                         After all, you rode us night and
                         day to win that bet. 

               O'Connell doesn't say a word, staring hard. Beni watches the
               Americans and spits into the sand.

                                   BENI
                         Fools.

               And then suddenly, the volcano SHIFTS ACROSS THE HORIZON.
               Passing across the sun as it goes. --It's a MIRAGE. 

               The Americans crash their horses to a stop and race the other
               way, after the volcano. Evelyn and Jonathan smile, amazed.
               The volcano SHIFTS AGAIN, floating across the watery horizon.
               The Americans crash to a stop again and chase after the
               volcano. All three of them confused and CURSING. 

               O'Connell and Beni just stare, waiting. 

               The volcano SHIFTS AGAIN. And the Americans crash to a stop
               again. Burns is THROWN from his horse. Henderson angrily rips
               his hat off and chucks it to the ground. Daniels just curses
               as they give up the chase. The volcano comes to a stop on the
               far left of the horizon. The Americans are on the far right. 

               Nothing moves. 

               A BEAT. 

               And then O'Connell grins. So does Beni. They share a look.
               And then SWAT their camels and RACE AWAY. 

               Everybody else hauls-ass after them. O'Connell and Beni are
               neck-and-neck. And then Evelyn comes galloping up, hair
               flying in the wind. Beni takes out his camel whip and starts
               WHIPPING O'Connell. Trying to knock him off his camel. Once.
               CRACK! Twice. CRACK! But on the third try O'Connell grabs the
               whip and JERKS Beni off his camel. Beni SLAMS to the ground
               and TUMBLES. Evelyn and O'Connell race across the desert.
               Evelyn has never felt so alive. She LAUGHS. O'Connell grins;
               he likes this girl. Beni stumbles to his feet, then quickly
               dances out of the way as Jonathan and all the other riders
               stampede past him. Evelyn beats O'Connell to the stone ramp,
               racing hard.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Evelyn! Slow down!

               Evelyn ignores him as she races up the ramp towards the gate.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         SLOW DOWN, EVELYN! SLOW DOWN!
                         THERE'S A REALLY BIG--

               INT. HAMUNAPTRA - DAY

               --Evelyn goes ass-over-teacups through the air and crash
               lands in a sand dune. She sits up, stunned, sandy hair in her
               eyes. O'Connell stops at the edge of the ramp next to her
               camel.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Never mind.

               The Americans ride up and look in wonder at the ruins inside
               the volcano. O'Connell gives them a big, shit-eating grin.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         You boys owe me five hundred
                         dollars. 

               EXT. HAMUNAPTRA - DAY

               Under the guidance of the Egyptologist, the Diggers are busy
               hauling rock and dirt out of the Temple doorway. The three
               Americans are playing poker. 

               Beni smokes a hookah and swats flies. Dozens of stray CAMELS
               roam the decrepit city; dusty backpacks and old saddlebags
               still slung over their humps.

                                   DANIELS
                         Where'd all these camels come from?

                                   BENI
                         They belong to the dead. They will
                         wait years for their masters to
                         return before leaving.

               EXT. OUR HEROES DIG - DAY

               O'Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan and the Warden are working next
               to a narrow CREVICE, which weaves it's way through the ruins.
               O'Connell ties a rope around a pillar and throws the rest of
               the coils into the crevice, about to rappel down. Jonathan
               bends over to have a look, his ass hits something, he YELPS
               and backs away. It's the decrepit FACE OF ANUBIS.

                                   JONATHAN
                         That thing gives me the creeps.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Be nice. That thing saved my life. 

               Evelyn is positioning ancient MIRRORS along the crevice.

                                   EVELYN
                         That "thing" gets me excited

                                   O'CONNELL
                             (sarcastic)
                         The things that get you excited.

                                   EVELYN
                         According to Bembridge Scholars,
                         inside the statue of Anubis was a
                         secret compartment, perhaps
                         containing The Book Of The Living.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         What are those mirrors for?

                                   EVELYN
                         Ancient Egyptian trick. You'll see. 

               O'Connell shrugs, then rappels down into the crevice

               INT. EMBALMER'S CHAMBER - DAY

               O'Connell waves a TORCH as Jonathan, Evelyn and the warden
               drop down next to him. Evelyn peers into the spooky darkness.

                                   EVELYN
                         Do you realize, we are standing
                         inside a room that no one has
                         entered in over four thousand
                         years.

                                   WARDEN
                         Who cares? I don't see no treasure.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         You're welcome to my share of the
                         spider webs.

                                   JONATHAN
                         And it stinks to high heaven in
                         here. 

               Evelyn just rolls her eyes.

                                   EVELYN
                         Cretins.

               Jonathan sniffs the foul air, then he looks at the warden and
               realizes where the smell is coming from. He stops sniffing.
               Evelyn brushes COBWEBS away from a METAL DISK on the wall,
               then repositions it on it's pedestal, aiming it at a RAY OF
               LIGHT shining in from the outer mirrors --THE RAY OF LIGHT
               HITS THE DISK AND QUICKLY SHOOTS AROUND THE ROOM FROM ONE
               DISK TO ANOTHER UNTIL THE WHOLE CHAMBER IS LIT UP. LIGHT RAYS
               SHOOT OFF DOWN THE PASSAGEWAYS. It's the embalmer's chamber.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         That is a neat trick.

                                   EVELYN
                         Oh my god, It's a preparation room.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Preparation for what?

                                   EVELYN
                         For entering the afterlife.

               O'Connell quickly draws his gun. Jonathan gently nudges him,

                                   JONATHAN
                         Mummies, my good son, this is where
                         they made the mummies. 

               Evelyn heads down a narrow passageway. The others follow.

               INT. LABYRINTH - DAY

               O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan crouch as they make their way
               through a narrow, COBWEB INFESTED LABYRINTH. The short, squat
               Warden can stand straight up. 

               Then they hear something and freeze. 

               It sounds like somebody is clawing inside the walls. They
               share looks. Then slowly move forward. Getting darker and
               darker as they go. The strange sound getting louder and
               louder. And then it stops. 

               Evelyn holds her breath. Jonathan licks his lips. O'Connell
               cocks his pistol. 

               The Warden FARTS. O'Connell, Jonathan and Evelyn glare at
               him.

               ANUBIS CHAMBER - DAY

               They slowly creep out of the labyrinth and up to the foot of
               an enormous half-buried statue. The lower half of Anubis.
               Then they hear the sound again, coming closer now, from the
               other side of the statue. And closer. O'Connell pulls Evelyn
               behind him. And closer. O'Connell raises his gun. And CLOSER!
               O'Connell LEAPS OUT. --THREE HORRIBLE SWEATY FACES LUNGE AT
               HIM. O'Connell REACTS. But doesn't pull the trigger because
               it's just the Americans, their guns are up, cocked and aimed.

                                   HENDERSON
                         Ya scared the bejeezus out of us,
                         O'Connell.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Likewise.

               But nobody lowers their guns. Daniels grins, the tough one.

                                   DANIELS
                         This here is our statue...friend.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Don't see your name on it...pal.

               And that's when Beni, five Diggers and the Egyptologist step
               out of the shadows --all holding guns aimed at O'Connell.

                                   BENI
                         Ten to one, O'Connell, your odds
                         are no-so-good.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         I've had worse

               Jonathan clenches a tiny derringer.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Yes, me too,

               O'Connell gives him a sideways glance. Beni cocks his gun,
               grinning, he wants it to happen. The tension thickens. Then
               Evelyn gently takes O'Connell's gun hand and pulls it down.

                                   EVELYN
                         Let's be nice, children, if we're
                         going to play together, we must
                         learn to share. 

               Evelyn pulls O'Connell away. Jonathan and the Warden follow.
               Beni and the Americans slowly lower their guns, laughing. The
               Egyptologist excitedly begins translating the hieroglyphs.

               INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAY

               O'Connell and Jonathan are using sledge-hammers against the
               ceiling. Evelyn is gently chipping away with a tiny chisel.

                                   EVELYN
                         According to my calculations, we
                         should be right under the statue.
                         We'll come up right between his
                         legs.
                             (she blushes and laughs)
                         Oh my.

                                   JONATHAN
                         And when those dirty Yanks go to
                         sleep--
                             (looks at O'Connell)
                         No offense.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         None taken

                                   JONATHAN
                         --We'll sneak up and steal that
                         book right out from under them.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         And you're sure you can find the
                         secret compartment?

                                   EVELYN
                         Yes, if their Egyptologist hasn't
                         already found it. 

               Jonathan looks around.

                                   JONATHAN
                         I say, what's our smelly little
                         friend got himself up to?

               INT. SCARAB CHAMBER - DAY

               The Warden crawls into a DARK CHAMBER and LIGHTS A TORCH. A
               mural wall comes alive. Embedded into it are dozens of black
               amethyst SCARABS; glittering images of the sacred beetles.
               Awestruck, the Warden pulls out a pocket knife and starts
               prying away at one of the precious bugs.

               INT. ANUBIS' CHAMBER - DAY

               Beni and the Americans hover around the Egyptologist, who's
               found the SECRET COMPARTMENT inside Anubis.
               The Egyptologist brushes sand away from the seam . Henderson
               steps forward and grabs the seam --the Egyptologist quickly
               stops him.

                                   EGYPTOLOGIST
                         Seti was no fool. 

               Henderson sees the intense look in the Egyptologist's eyes

                                   HENDERSON
                         Yeah, sure....

               He looks back at the native Diggers.

                                   HENDERSON (CONT'D)
                         We'll let them open it. 

               The Egyptologist nods, then YELLS IN EGYPTIAN at the Diggers.
               The Diggers hesitate, filled with fear. Daniels pulls out his
               gun, aims it at three of the Diggers. The three Diggers
               hesitantly step forward with crowbars and stick them into the
               seams. The other Diggers back away, scared shitless. 

               Beni and the Americans exchange looks, and then they back
               away as well.

               INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAY

               Three Heroes are still digging into the ceiling.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Lemme get this straight, they stuck
                         a sharp, red hot poker up your
                         nose, cut your brain into small
                         pieces, then ripped it all out
                         through your nostrils?

                                   JONATHAN
                         OWCH! That's really got to hurt.

                                   EVELYN
                         It's called mummification. You're
                         dead when they do this.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Still....

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Yeah, that'd bring you back to
                         life.

                                   EVELYN
                         You two are worse than a couple of
                         schoolboys.

               And that's when a huge chunk of the roof suddenly GIVES OUT.
               O'Connell GRABS Evelyn and JERKS her clear. Jonathan DIVES
               for the far wall. A MASSIVE STONE CASEMENT DROPS OUT OF THE
               CEILING AND CRASHES to the floor. DUST FLIES. Fills the room.

               INT. ANLIBIS CHAMBER -

               Having heard the crash, Beni and the Americans have their
               guns pointed at the floor. The Egyptologist could care less,
               he looks at the Diggers, gripping their crowbars, and YELLS--

                                   EGYPTOLOGIST
                         FENI!

               The three Diggers PULL HARD. The ancient seams start to give,
               The Egyptologist YELLS again. The Diggers PULL HARDER. The
               compartment starts to loosen. Again he YELLS. The Diggers
               give one final pull and--

               --AN INTENSE BURST OF LIQUID SPRAYS OUT OF THE SEAM. HITS THE
               THREE DIGGERS. MELTS THEIR SKIN CLEAN OFF. They SCREAM. Dying
               horribly. HALF SKELETAL by the time they hit the ground...

               INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAY

               The dust is starting to clear. O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan
               slowly get up and step over to the massive stone casement. We
               immediately recognize it as IMHOTEP'S SARCOPHAGUS.

                                   EVELYN
                         Oh my god, ...it looks like, it
                         looks like a sarcophagus.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Why would they bury somebody in the
                         ceiling?

                                   EVELYN
                         They didn't, they buried him at the
                         foot of Anubis. He was either
                         someone of great importance or he
                         did something very naughty.

               INT. SCARAB CHAMBER - DAY

               The Warden drops an amethyst-scarab into his pouch, then
               greedily-starts prying away at another.
               It rips off, he drops it into his pouch --only he misses, and
               this scarab quietly falls to the sandy floor without the
               Warden noticing. 

               CLOSE ON: the scarab on the floor. It begins to TRANSFORM.
               The amethyst starts to glow. Something inside starts to
               WIGGLE; as if the amethyst were some sort of strange cocoon.
               Then it splits open and a real live hideous SCARAB--BEETLE
               scurries out. 

               It races over to the warden's shoe, quickly burrows into the
               leather and vanishes inside. 

               The Warden's eyes FLY OPEN. He starts to SCREAM, drops his
               knife and frantically starts clawing away at his pant leg,
               higher and higher until he rips open his shirt revealing a
               large, hideous LUMP, BURROWING UNDER HIS SKIN. IT BURROWS
               IT'S WAY UP HIS FAT BELLY AND ACROSS HIS HAIRY CHEST. The
               Warden claws and scratches at it, trying to stop it. The lump
               BURROWS UP HIS NECK. 

               The Warden starts GAGGING and COUGHING. And then the scarab
               lump VANISHES INTO HIS HEAD.

               INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAY

               Our Heroes clear the dirt off the top of the sarcophagus,
               revealing a single, ominous hieroglyph. Evelyn stares at it 

               Jonathan impatiently strums his fingers across the lid.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Well? .... Who is it? 

               Evelyn stares at the hieroglyph, confused and concerned.

                                   EVELYN
                         'He that shall not be named. 

               O'Connell dusts off the huge LOCK.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         There's some sort of lock here. You
                         say these thing's are made of
                         granite with a steel interior?

                                   EVELYN
                         Quarried granite with a cobalt
                         lining.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Whoever's in here, sure wasn't
                         getting out.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         No kiddin', without a key, it'll
                         take us a month to crack this
                         thing,

                                   EVELYN
                         A key! That's it! That's what he
                         was talking about.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Who was talking about what? 

               Evelyn starts rummaging through the pack on Jonathan's back.

                                   EVELYN
                         The man on the barge. The one with
                         the hook, he was looking for a key.

               Evelyn pulls out the key/box. Jonathan tries to take it back,

                                   JONATHAN
                         Hey that's mine!

               Evelyn slaps his hand and quickly unfolds the box -- it's now
               shaped exactly like the LOCK'S KEYHOLE. Evelyn smiles. 

               And that's when they hear the Warden's SCREAMS echoing
               through the labyrinth. All three of them turn and take-off
               running.

               INT. LABYRINTH - DAY

               The Warden is SCREAMING and dancing insanely around the
               labyrinth, totally freaked from the extreme pain in his head.
               O'Connell, 

               Evelyn and Jonathan run up just as the Warden starts RIPPING
               his own hair out of his head. 

               O'Connell and Jonathan grab at the Warden's hands, but he's
               far too crazed, he shoves them aside, runs full bore down the
               length of the labyrinth and SLAMS his head straight into a
               rock wall. The Warden drops to the ground. Dead as lead. 

               Eyes wide open. O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan just stand
               there staring, breathing hard, wide-eyed themselves...

               EXT. BASE CAMP - NIGHT

               Evelyn and Jonathan are nuzzled up to a campfire.

                                   EVELYN
                         What do you suppose killed him?

                                   JONATHAN
                         Did you ever see him eat? 

               O'Connell comes up over some rocks.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Seems the Americans had a little
                         misadventure of their own today,
                         three of their diggers were killed.

                                   EVELYN
                         How?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Salt acid. Pressurized salt acid.
                         Some sort of ancient booby-trap.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Maybe this place really is cursed.

               A GUST OF WIND blows through the camp. The campfire FLICKERS
               O'Connell and Jonathan share a nervous look. Evelyn laughs.

                                   EVELYN
                         Foo!

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Don't believe in curses, huh?

                                   EVELYN
                         No. I believe if I can see it and I
                         can touch it, then it's real.
                         That's what I believe. 

               O'Connell cocks his rifle, KA-CHANK! Gives her a big grin.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         I believe in being prepared.

               Jonathan opens the Warden's POUCH, the one that held the
               scarabs. He reaches in, starts scrounging around. 

               WE SLOWLY PUSH IN. Waiting for the attack. THE MUSIC BUILDS.

               And then, --Jonathan SCREAMS in pain and RIPS his hand back
               out of the pouch. O'Connell and Evelyn both jump.

                                   O'CONNELL/EVELYN
                         WHAT?! WHAT IS IT?!

               Jonathan sucks his finger, then reaches back into the pouch
               and pulls out a LIQUOR BOTTLE, the top has been chipped off.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Seagrams!

               Jonathan smiles at the bottle, then turns the pouch inside-
               out and shakes it, nothing but SAND is inside it.

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         Well, he may have been a stinky
                         fellow,....but he had good taste 

               Jonathan takes a swig. O'Connell and Evelyn laugh, guiltily
               And then O'Connell suddenly kneels down and sticks his ear to
               the sand. Evelyn and Jonathan watch him. A BEAT. 

               And then a BARRAGE OF GUNFIRE IS HEARD coming from the
               American camp. 

               O'Connell jumps up and throws the elephant gun to Evelyn.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Stay here!

               He takes off running through the ruins. Evelyn immediately
               gets up and runs after him. Jonathan grabs a gun, holds the
               bottle of Seagrams; tight and dashes after her.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Evy! Excuse me! But didn't the man
                         just say--!

               EXT. AMERICAN CAMP - NIGHT

               The American camp is under siege. Two dozen MUMIA RIDERS
               gallop through. FIRING RIFLES. Several Diggers are killed as
               they run. The Americans leap out of their tents FIRING. Kill
               multiple Riders. Daniels is shot, spins and falls, keeps
               SHOOTING. Henderson and Burns run to his aid, BLASTING AWAY. 

               O'Connell races through the ruins and SLAMS right into Beni,
               who is obviously trying to high-tail-it out of there.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Goin' somewhere?

                                   BENI
                         Just looking for you, O'Connell! I
                         wanted to be with my friend! 

               O'Connell drags him back towards the American camp.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         C'mon, friend.

                                   BENI
                             (struggling)
                         Why do you like to fight so much?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         'Cause I look good doin, it.

               Ardeth Bay gallops through the camp, cutting Diggers down
               with his scimitar. 

               O'Connell runs up on top of some rocks, LEAPS OUT and TACKLES
               him off his horse. The two men SLAM to the ground. 

               O'Connell spins up onto one knee and FIRES, point blank.
               Blows the scimitar out of Ardeth Bay's hand. O'Connell is
               about to shoot again when a horse rides up between them. A
               scimitar swoops down, almost takes O'Connell's head off,
               misses him by an inch. O'Connell leaps up and blows the Rider
               off his mount. The horse BOLTS. 

               --But Ardeth Bay is gone.

               Evelyn hides behind some rocks, watching the scene, suddenly,
               she hears something coming up behind her and spins around. A
               vicious tattooed Mumia Rider races at her. Evelyn quickly
               backpedals over the rocks, terrified. 

               The Mumia Rider raises his scimitar, about to strike. Evelyn
               SCREAMS, trips over a rock and FIRES the elephant gun, -
               BLAM! Blows the Rider off his mount and CATAPULTS him twenty
               feet back into some ruins. At the same time, the kick blows
               Evelyn off her feet and over a ridge. 

               She FLAILS through the air and lands in a sand dune. Jonathan
               and some - Diggers are holding their own near the temple
               door. Four Riders come CHARGING right at them. Jonathan takes
               a swig off the Seagrams.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Let 'em have it, boys! 

               Jonathan and the Diggers OPEN FIRE. When the smoke clears,
               the Riders are either dead or gone. Jonathan grins.

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         I say, bloody good show. 

               And then several more Mumia leap off the temple and land
               behind them. Jonathan and the remaining Diggers spin around
               and suddenly find themselves in hand-to-hand combat.

                O'Connell is quickly loading his pistol. He hears something
               THUNDERING UP behind him. He spins around just as Ardeth Bay
               on a horse swings his scimitar. O'Connell instinctively
               raises his hands to protect his face, the scimitar STRIKES!
               Hits his gun --CHING! 

               O'Connell's gun flips away. Disarmed, O'Connell dives and
               rolls and suddenly comes up with a stick of dynamite in his
               hand. He shoves the fuse into a fire. It IGNITES. He faces
               Ardeth Bay, towering above him. The two men lock eyes. The
               fuse continues to burn down. 

               Ardeth Bay points his scimitar at O'Connell's head.

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         LEAVE THIS PLACE! .... LEAVE THIS
                         PLACE OR DIE!

               Ardeth Bay GALLOPS OFF. The remaining Mumia Riders race after
               him, vanishing into the night. O'Connell watches them leave,
               then turns to the burning fuse....and blows it out. 

               Evelyn staggers up, looking very shaken. O'Connell gently
               takes her and holds her close.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         You alright?

               Evelyn looks up into his strong eyes. It's the first time
               he's shown genuine concern for her. And she likes it. He's
               also holding her a little too close. And she likes that too.

                                   EVELYN
                         Yes, ...fine, ...thank you. 

               Beni crawls out from under some pillars as Henderson and
               Burns help Daniels to his feet.

                                   DANIELS
                         See! That proves it! Old Seti's
                         fortune's gotta be under this sand!

                                   HENDERSON
                         For them to protect it like this,
                         you just know there's got to be
                         treasure down there. 

               O'Connell looks up into the surrounding ridges, unsatisfied.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         These men are a desert people they
                         value water, not gold. 

               Evelyn looks at O'Connell, suddenly very worried.

                                   EVELYN
                         Where's Jonathan?

               EXT. BASE CAMP - NIGHT

               Jonathan falls into FRAME. Hits the ground. Eyes wide open.
               Mouth agape. Clearly dead. A BEAT. And then his eyes close
               and his mouth widens into a goofy smile. Shit-faced drunk. 

               O'Connell and Evelyn laugh, both half-in-the-bag themselves,
               the bottle of Seagrams is almost gone. O'Connell offers the
               bottle to Evelyn, she waves it away, slurring badly--

                                   EVELYN
                         Unlike my brother, sir, I know when
                         to say no.

               O'Connell polishes off the bottle and chucks it away.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Unlike your brother, Miss, you I
                         don't get. You're a whole new brew.

                                   EVELYN
                         I know, you're wondering, what's a
                         place like me doing in a girl like
                         this?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Something like that.

                                   EVELYN
                         Egypt is in my blood. My father was
                         a famous explorer, he loved Egypt
                         so much that he married an Egyptian
                         my mother! Who was quite an
                         adventurer herself.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Okay, I get your father, I get your
                         mother and I get your brother, but
                         what are you doing here?

               Evelyn is insulted, she staggers to her feet.

                                   EVELYN
                         I may not be an explorer, or an
                         adventurer, or a treasure hunter,
                         or a gunfighter! Mister O'Connell
                         But I'm proud of what I am.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         And what is that? 

               Evelyn plops back down beside him, really drunk, she grins
               and proudly lifts her head high.

                                   EVELYN
                         ..... am a librarian! 

               She leans in, very close to his face, looks him in the eyes,

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         I'm going to kiss you, Mister
                         O'Connell.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         No you're not.

                                   EVELYN
                         I'm not?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Not unless you call me Rick

                                   EVELYN
                         Why would I do that?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Because that's my name. 

               She gives him a goofy smile. He leans forward and KISSES HER.
               Evelyn's eyes slowly close. And then she passes out, slumping
               into his arms. O'Connell looks down at her, and just smiles.

               INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAY

               Evelyn's HAND slips the KEY into the sarcophagus, lock and
               turns it. A series of STRANGE MECHANICAL-LIKE SOUNDS are
               heard, and then the sarcophagus unlocks with a GIANT HISS.

               O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan all look very, very hungover.

               They start to slide the heavy lid off the sarcophagus.
               PUSHING, SHOVING and GROANING, the lid budging, inch by inch.

                                   EVELYN
                         I can't believe I allowed the two
                         of you to get me drunk.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Don't blame me, I don't even
                         remember being there.

                                   EVELYN
                         Well neither do I, thank you. 

               O'Connell gives her a hurt look.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         You don't?

               Evelyn gives O'Connell a nervous look.

                                   EVELYN
                         No . .... Why? .... Should I?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Gee, yeah, you told me it was the
                         best time you ever had. 

               O'Connell gives her a big cheesy smile. Evelyn's face drops,
               appalled and embarrassed. And that's when the lid FALLS OFF
               and LOUDLY CRASHES to the ground. 

               All three of them instantly grab their sore heads and MOAN.

               INT. ANUBIS' CHAMBER - DAY

               Several fear-filled, sweaty-faced Diggers reach into the
               secret compartment. Henderson and Burns hold guns on them.
               Daniels has his arm in a sling. The Diggers slowly pull out
               the ORNATE CHEST. They set the chest down on the sandy floor. 

               Beni watches as the Egyptologist translates the hieratics.

                                   EGYPTOLOGIST
                         There is a curse upon this chest.

                                   DANIELS
                         Curse my ass.

                                   HENDERSON
                         Yeah, who cares.

               The Egyptologist gives them the evil-eye.

                                   EGYPTOLOGIST
                         In these hallowed grounds, that
                         which was set forth in ancient
                         times, is as strong today, as it
                         was then.

                                   HENDERSON
                         Yeah, yeah, okay, what's it?

               The Egyptologist slowly and carefully reads the inscription:

                                   EGYPTOLOGIST
                         "Death will come on swift wings to
                         whomever opens this chest". 

               A GUST OF WIND blows through the chamber. TORCHES FLICKER All
               the Diggers suddenly turn tail and run off SCREAMING. The
               Americans look at each other, suddenly very nervous.

                                   EGYPTOLOGIST (CONT'D)
                         It says, there is one, the undead,
                         who if brought back to life, is
                         bound by sacred law to consummate
                         this curse.

                                   HENDERSON
                         Yeah, well, let's just make sure we
                         don't bring anybody back from the
                         dead then, huh? 

               The three Americans laugh.

                                   EGYPTOLOGIST
                         He will kill all who open this
                         chest, ...and assimilate their
                         organs and fluids.

                                   DANIELS
                         Assimilate their organs and fluids?
                         Ya mean eat 'em?

                                   EGYPTOLOGIST
                         And in so doing he will regenerate.
                         And no longer be the undead, but a
                         plague upon this earth. 

               The WIND WHISTLES. Torches FLICKER. VERY SPOOKY. Beni and the
               Egyptologist share a fear-filled look. Henderson just shrugs.

                                   HENDERSON
                         Ah hell, let's open it anyways,

               INT. IMHOTEP'S CHAMBER - DAY

               WHAM! Imhotep's wooden coffin is DROPPED to the ground next
               to his stone sarcophagus. Evelyn is very excited.

                                   EVELYN
                         Oh my god, love dreamed about this
                         ever since I was a little girl.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         You dream about dead guys? 

               Evelyn just gives him a look, then starts brushing dirt and
               cobwebs off the top of the coffin. Then she freezes.

                                   EVELYN
                         Look, all the sacred spells have
                         been chiseled off. The hieratics
                         and hieroglyphs that protect the
                         deceased on his journey into the
                         afterlife, they've been removed.
                         This man was cursed....doomed. 

               O'Connell and Jonathan are too excited to care

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Tough break.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Yes, I'm all tears, now let's see
                         who's inside, shall we?

               Evelyn can't believe these guys. Jonathan inserts the key/box
               into the coffin's lock. Turns it. The lid cracks open with a
               HISS. They all react to the FOUL STENCH. 

               Then O'Connell grabs the lid. It's stuck. He pulls with all
               his might. Jonathan helps him. It starts to give way. Slowly.
               Slowly. Slooooowly. 

               And then it suddenly POPS OPEN and THE MOST HIDEOUS, MAGGOT
               INFESTED, ROTTEN CORPSE IMAGINABLE JUMPS UP!

                                   O'CONNELL/EVELYN/JONATHAN
                         AHHHHH!!!

               They all jump back. Scared to death. Imhotep is now the
               'Elephant Man' of corpses; twisted and deformed. The years
               have not been kind. He slumps back into his coffin.

               INT. ANUBIS'-CHAMBER - DAY

               Henderson and Daniels start to pry at the lid of the wooden
               chest.  Beni and the Egyptologist watch. 

               In the background, Beni starts backing away, filled with
               fear, sweating buckets.

                                   BENI
                         The curse ....beware the curse! 

               He turns and bolts from the chamber. Daniels spits.

                                   DANIELS
                         Stupid superstitious bastard. 

               And that's when the seal breaks --A BLACK VAPOR BLASTS OUT OF
               THE CHEST. Everybody vanishes into the strange cloud.

               INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - DAY

               O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan slowly creep forward and
               carefully look back inside Imhotep's coffin, creeped-out.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Is he supposed to look like that?

                                   EVELYN
                         No. I've never seen a mummy look
                         like this.  He's, he's still...

                                   JONATHAN
                         Juicy?

                                   EVELYN
                         Yes. He's more than four thousand
                         years old and still decomposing.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         And look at this. 

               O'Connell points at the inside of the COFFIN LID, where there
               are FINGERNAIL SCRATCHES and DRIED BLOOD all over the inside.

                                   EVELYN
                         Oh my god, he was buried alive, 

               This sends a chill through everyone. Evelyn leans in closer,

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         And he left a message.

               WE PUSH IN on a grouping of hieratics WRITTEN IN BLOOD.

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         It says: 'Death is only the
                         beginning'.

               Jonathan shivers. O'Connell looks around.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Where's my gun?

                                   JONATHAN
                         What are you going to do? Shoot
                         him?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         If he decides to wakes up, hell
                         yes!

               INT. ANUBIS' CHAMBER - DAY

               The vapor is settling. The Americans have their guns aimed at
               the chest. The Egyptologist slowly steps up, reaches inside,
               and lifts out a heavy burlap bag. Everyone's eyes widen in
               excitement as he sticks his hand into the bag and slowly
               pulls out the black BOOK OF THE DEAD, the same book Imhotep
               used in his attempt to bring Anck-su-namun back to life.

                                   EGYPTOLOGIST
                         I have heard told of this book, but
                         I never truly believed it existed.
                         This, good gentlemen, is a most
                         priceless treasure. 

               Henderson kicks the sandy floor in anger.

                                   HENDERSON
                         I wouldn't trade ya for a brass
                         spittoon!

                                   DANIELS
                         Yeah! It's supposed to be made
                         outta pure gold!

               Daniels kicks the chest. It breaks open, unfolding to reveal
               a lower compartment. 

               Inside, are Anck-su-namun's FIVE JEWEL ENCRUSTED CANOPIC JARS
               (one is shattered and without jewels)

               EXT. BASE CAMP - NIGHT

               The two camps have now joined together. O'Connell and Beni
               are roasting chunks of hairy meat over a fire. Jonathan
               wrinkles his nose, disgusted by the smell.

                                   JONATHAN
                         What is this stuff? It smells like
                         our late friend, the warden. 

               O'Connell and Beni both grin. Jonathan looks horrified.

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         You did not!? .... We're not!?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Rat gizzards. They smell bad and
                         taste worse, but that's the best
                         the desert has to offer. 

               The gloating Americans sit down, fondling their jeweled jars.

                                   HENDERSON
                         Say O'Connell, whadaya think these
                         honey's'll fetch back home?

                                   BURNS
                         We hear you gentlemen found
                         yerselves a nice gooey mummy.
                         Congratulations.

                                   DANIELS
                         Ya know if ya dry him out, you can
                         sell him for firewood. 

               The Americans laugh. Evelyn walks up, sits down and drops a
               pile of big dusty BUG SKELETONS onto the ground.

                                   EVELYN
                         Scarabs, flesh eaters, I found them
                         inside our friend's coffin. They
                         can stay alive for years living off
                         the flesh of a corpse, or in this
                         case...

               She shrugs, then looks at the roasting meat

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         Famished.

               O'Connell and Jonathan stare at the bug skeletons, disgusted.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Are you saying somebody threw these
                         things in with our guy, and they
                         slowly ate him alive?

                                   EVELYN
                         Very slowly.

                                   JONATHAN
                         He certainly was not a popular
                         fellow when they planted him.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Must of got a little too frisky
                         with the Pharaoh's daughter.

                                   EVELYN
                         According to my readings, our
                         friend suffered the HOM-DAI, the
                         worst of all ancient Egyptian
                         curses, one reserved for only the
                         most evil blasphemers. In all of my
                         research, I've never read of this
                         curse actually having been
                         performed.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         That bad huh?

                                   EVELYN
                         Yes, they never used it because
                         they feared it so. It's written,
                         that if a victim of the HOM-DAI
                         should ever arise, he would bring
                         with him the ten plagues of Egypt.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         The ten plagues? ... You mean all
                         ten plagues.

                                   BENI
                         Like what that Moses guy did to
                         that Pharaoh guy?

                                   EVELYN
                         That's one way of putting it.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Let's see, there was frogs, flies,
                         locusts....

                                   BURNS
                         Hail and fire.

                                   HENDERSON
                         The sun turning black.

                                   DANIELS
                         Water turning to blood.

                                   JONATHAN
                         And my personal favorite: people
                         covered in boils and sores. 

               All the men share nervous looks, really spooked. Evelyn just
               laughs at them, then pulls a meat stick out of the fire.

                                   EVELYN
                         Fried gizzard anyone?

               EXT. CAMP - LATER THAT NIGHT

               Having just freshened up for bed, Evelyn exits the temple and
               steps past the sleeping Diggers. She spots the Egyptologist,
               his jeweled canopic jar snug under one arm, the Book Of The
               Dead laying loose under the other. 

               Evelyn stares at the Book, nervously biting her lip, then she
               sneaks over, carefully steals it, and quickly tip-toes away. 

               Lying on some blankets by the campfire, O'Connell rolls over
               and sees Evelyn, sitting wide-eyed, staring at the Book.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         You sure you outta be playin,
                         around with that?

                                   EVELYN
                         It's just a book, no harm ever came
                         from a book.

               Evelyn opens the cover. THE FIRE FLICKERS. She and O'Connell
               share a nervous look, then Evelyn shrugs and starts reading.

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         Ahm kum Ra. Ahm kum Dei. 

               Evelyn continues READING THE BOOK ALOUD IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN.

               INT. IMHOTEPIS CHAMBER - NIGHT

               Evelyn's VOICE is OVERLAID as WE START WIDE on Imhotep's
               chamber and SLOWLY PUSH IN on his sarcophagus.
               WE PUSH IN over the lip of the coffin, then closer and closer
               towards Imhotep's rotten, twisted head, until his putrid face
               fills FRAME --and then suddenly his crusty eyelids Pop OPEN!
               Revealing EMPTY SOCKETS. --BIG SCARY MUSIC STING.

               EXT. BASE CAMP - NIGHT

               The Egyptologist sits bolt upright. Quickly looks around,
               sees Evelyn reading the Book. He gets up and runs for her.

                                   EGYTOLOGIST
                         NO! NOOOO! YOU MUST NOT!

               He skids to a stop as a strange, piercing WHINE is heard,
               coming from out in the desert. 

               O'Connell and the others all leap to their feet. 

               The Americans run out of their tents. 

               The SOUND gets LOUDER and CLOSER. And then from out of the
               darkness a HUGE WALL OF LOCUSTS SWIRLS into camp and envelops
               everyone. 

               O'Connell grabs Evelyn, and with Jonathan at their side they
               race for the crevice, trying to fend off the horrid vermin as
               they go. Beni and the Americans run for the temple. The
               Egyptologist is covered in locusts. He stares at The Book Of
               The Dead, looking haunted.

                                   EGYPTOLOGIST
                         What have we done? 

               The campfire is SUCKED UP INTO THE AIR.

               INT. LABYRINTH CORRIDOR - NIGHT

               O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan race down the labyrinth,
               slapping at themselves and picking locusts out of their hair

                                   JONATHAN
                         Did you see that!? Grasshoppers!
                         Billions of grasshoppers!

                                   O'CONNELL
                         That's one of the plagues, right?
                         The grasshopper plague!

                                   EVELYN
                         This is not a plague. It's
                         generational.
                         Every so many years the locusts of
                         Egypt have a population explosion
                         and they all take flight. 

               Evelyn steps forward, something SQUISHES. O'Connell lowers
               his TORCH, --the entire floor is FILLED WITH SLIMY FROGS.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Okay, ....and what about frogs?

               INT. LABYRINTH PASSAGEWAY - NIGHT

               The Americans, Beni and the Diggers race into a passageway. 

               Burns is knocked down, his bifocals skitter across the
               ground, they get CRUSHED in the stampede. Burns staggers to
               his feet, squinting. BLURRY FIGURES vanish into the darkness,

                                   BURNS
                         Daniels! Henderson!

               INT. LABYRINTH CORRIDOR - NIGHT

               The ground under O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan starts to
               SHAKE. Then suddenly, right in front of them -- HUNDREDS OF
               CHITTERING SCARAB-BEETLES BOIL UP OUT OF THE SAND. Start
               scurrying towards them. 

               Evelyn SCREAMS. Jonathan SCREAMS. Even O'Connell almost
               screams. They turn around and haul-ass.

               INT. PASSAGEWAY - NIGHT

               Burns staggers down a passageway, squinting, his hands out in
               front of him, groping, trying not to bump into anything. Then
               ten feet in front of him, a dark, blurry FIGURE steps out.

                                   BURNS
                         Daniels? .... is that you? 

               Burns half-blindly staggers forward. The Figure doesn't move.

                                   BURNS (CONT'D)
                         Henderson?

               Burns TRIPS, stumbles forward, towards the Figure, his hands
               reach out and SINK INTO IMHOTEPIS PUTRID CHEST CAVITY. Burns
               jumps like a scalded cat, pulls his hands out and looks at
               them, --HIS HANDS ARE COVERED IN MOLTEN FLESH ROT. He starts
               to SCREAM. A SKELETAL HAND clamps over his mouth.

               LABYRINTH STAIRCASE - NIGHT

               O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan race up the staircase, just
               ahead of the mass of SCURRYING, CHITTERING SCARABS. 

               O'Connell leaps out onto a pedestal. Jonathan jumps up next
               to him. Evelyn jumps up into a grotto on the other side of
               the narrow stairway. The horrible herd of vicious scarabs
               scurries between them, their ear-piercing CRITTERS send
               shivers up Evelyn's spine. 

               She leans back. THE WALL MOVES. 

               Evelyn falls backwards through an opening. 

               O'Connell and Jonathan watch the scarabs vanish up the
               staircase. Then they look across the way. Evelyn is gone.

                                   JONATHAN
                         EVY!?

               SCARAB CHAMBER - NIGHT

               Evelyn sits up, shakes the sand out of her hair, fearfully
               looks around. It's almost PITCH BLACK. She gets up and feels
               her way along the dark walls. She rounds a corner. A shaft of
               MOONLIGHT filters in through a crack in the ceiling. A MAN
               stands in the middle of the room. Evelyn walks towards him.

                                   EVELYN
                         Oh thank goodness, you're one of
                         the Americans, aren't you? 

               Just as she reaches him he turns around. It's Burns. BOTH OF
               HIS EYES ARE MISSING. He stares at her with vacant sockets. 

               Evelyn SCREAMS in horror and backs away, hyperventilating,
               she bumps into something. She SCREAMS again and spins around
               It's Imhotep. With two fresh EYEBALLS in his sockets. Evelyn
               SCREAMS again and backs away into a wall. Her hair is down,
               her face is dirty and sweaty, her blouse is ripped, her dress
               is torn, she's never looked sexier. 

               Imhotep SQUINTS.

                                   IMHOTEP
                         Anck-su-namun?

               LABYRINTH STAIRCASE - NIGHT

               O'Connell is feeling his way around inside the grotto

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Damn-it! Must be a trap door around
                         here or somethin'. 

               And then they heat MEN SCREAMING, and suddenly, Henderson,
               Daniels and one of the Diggers come running down the stairs.

                                   HENDERSON
                         RUN, YOU SONS-A-BITCHES! RUUUUN!

               O'Connell and Jonathan join them as they hear the herd of
               CHITTERING scarabs coming their way. The Digger suddenly
               trips and falls. O'Connell slows down, about to go back and
               help him. But it's too late. 

               The Digger SCREAMS in horror as the herd of scarabs run over
               him, eating straight through him, leaving behind the Digger's
               half eaten skeleton. 

               Daniels Henderson and Jonathan react in horror. O'Connell's
               already running, races right past them. The others turn and
               haul-ass.

               SCARAB CHAMBER - NIGHT

               Imhotep steps forward, --the sand around him seems to
               MAGNETIZE, swirling and dancing around his flaking skeletal
               legs. Evelyn starts backing away, horrified, looks at Burns

                                   EVELYN
                         Help me, ...please, ...help me.

               Burns opens his mouth, but can only GURGLE and MOAN because
               HIS TONGUE IS MISSING. Imhotep grabs him, throws him to the
               ground and sets his skeletal foot on Burns' chest, like a big
               game hunter standing on his kill. Imhotep then parts his
               fetid lips -- A FRESH TONGUE FLAPS BETWEEN HIS ROTTED TEETH.

                                   IMHOTEP
                         Kadeesh pharos Anck-su-namun! 

               Evelyn shivers in fear. Suddenly, O'Connell comes flying
               around the corner and runs right up to her.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Would you quit playin, around!
                         Let's get outta here already! 

               O'Connell sees the look in her eyes and turns around, --at
               the sight of Imhotep. O'Connell jumps back in fright.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         WHOA!

               O'Connell and Evelyn start backing away down the wall.

               Imhotep glides sideways with them, like a tiger cornering his
               prey, the sand around him SWIRLS and DANCES. 

               Burns starts to crawl away, whimpering as he goes. Imhotep
               suddenly stops and UNHINGES his skeletal jaw, his skinless
               mouth stretches to an inhuman size, and he lets out a
               horrific, primordial SHRIEK.

                                   IMHOTEP
                         ANCK-SU-NAMUUUUUN!!!! 

               Evelyn SCREAMS. O'Connell shudders, then, embarrassed by his
               fear, he opens his own mouth and ROARS right back at him--

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Ahhhhhhhh!!

               Then BLASTS him with the elephant gun -- BLAM! Through the
               SMOKE AND FLAMMAGE we see Imhotep blown off his feet, his
               ribcage half torn away. O'Connell grabs Evelyn and runs.

               EXT. CREVICE - NIGHT

               SAND and WIND whip through the ruins as O'Connell and Evelyn
               stumble up out of the crevice and COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH TEN
               ARMED MUMIA. The Mumia quickly raise their guns. 

               O'Connell and Evelyn quickly raise their hands. Jonathan,
               Henderson, Daniels and the Egyptologist are already on their
               knees, hands over their heads. Ardeth Bay steps forward.

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         I told you to leave or die, you
                         refused, and now you may have
                         killed us all. For you have
                         unleashed the creature that we have
                         feared for more than four thousand
                         years.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Relax, I got him.

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         No mortal weapons can kill this
                         creature. He is not of this world.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Are we talkin, about the same
                         creature? The walking corpse?
                         Really big mouth? Really bad
                         breath?

               INT. ANUBIS' CHAMBER - NIGHT

               Beni slowly backs up around Anubis, eyes wide, gun up. He
               turns around, --IMHOTEP IS RIGHT THERE! 

               Beni SCREAMS, backs away and OPENS FIRE. Six GUNSHOTS
               perforate Imhotep, but have no effect except to SPLATTER
               molten flesh rot onto the back wall. 

               Beni retreats into a corner, scared shitless. 

               Imhotep moves forward, his one hand trying to stop the molten
               mummy guts from oozing out of the large shotgun hole in his
               side. 

               Beni drops his gun and grabs at the CHAINS around his neck,
               'RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS AND ICONS dangle from each chain. Beni
               holds the first one up: A CHRISTIAN CRUCIFIX. He quickly
               makes the sign of-the cross and blesses himself in English:

                                   BENI
                         May the good Lord protect and watch
                         over me as a shepherd watches over
                         his flock. And may Satan in all his
                         forms be vanquished forever. 

               It has no effect on Imhotep, who continues forward. 

               Beni quickly grabs at the other symbols and icons, holding
               them out towards Imhotep, one after the other, trying to slow
               his progress: an Islamic Sword and Crescent Moon necklace; a
               Hindu Brahma medallion; a small Buddhist Bodhisattva statue.

               All while blessing himself in Arabic, Hindi, Chinese and
               Latin. Nothing works. 

               Imhotep's skeletal hand reaches for Beni's throat. Tears run
               down Beni's cheeks he's so freaked. 

               And that's when he holds up THE STAR OF DAVID and blesses
               himself in HEBREW. Imhotep stops in his tracks. His hand
               lowers. His grotesque new eyeballs stare at Beni.

                                   IMHOTEP (SUBTITLED)
                         The language of the slaves. 

               Looks at him quizzically. Imhotep takes a step back.

                                   IMHOTEP (IN HEBREW - SUBTITLED)
                                   (CONT'D)
                         I may have use for you.  And the
                         rewards will be great. 

               Imhotep reaches into his tattered robe, and then holds out
               his fetid hand, filled with squirming MAGGOTS. 

               Beni cringes, about to throw up, but then the maggots part -
               revealing a tiny pile of little JEWELS. Beni's eyes widen.
               Imhotep raises his other hand, it holds Anck-su-namun's
               BROKEN CANOPIC JAR.

                                   IMHOTEP (SUBTITLED) (CONT'D)
                         Where are the other sacred jars?

               EXT . CREVICE - NIGHT

               Several Mumia drag Burns up, he stares out with vacant
               sockets. Daniels and Henderson are especially horrified.

                                   DANIELS
                         You bastards!

                                   HENDERSON
                         What did you do to him!?

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         We saved him! Saved him before the
                         creature could finish his work Now
                         leave, all of you, quickly, before
                         he finishes you all.

                                   JONATHAN
                         You're not going to kill us? 

               Evelyn ELBOWS Jonathan in the ribs.

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         We must now hunt him down, and try
                         and find a way to kill him, before
                         he consumes the earth. Allah be
                         with us. 

               Ardeth Bay and the Mumia start heading down into the crevice.
               O'Connell yells at them, trying to convince himself-

                                   O'CONNELL
                         I told ya, I already got him! 

               Ardeth Bay stops and looks back, deadly serious.

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         Know this, the creature will be
                         coming for you. He must consummate
                         the curse. And until he does, he
                         will never eat, he will never
                         sleep, and he will never stop. 

               Ardeth Bay turns and jumps down into the crevice,

               EXT. RUINS - NIGHT

               O'Connell and Jonathan boost Evelyn up onto a camel. Daniels
               and Henderson throw Burns up onto another. The Egyptologist,
               still clutching The Book Of The Dead, gets up on yet another.
               They all head off into the dark, windblown desert ...

               And then in the extreme foreground, A SKELETAL HAND SUDDENLY
               PUNCHES UP OUT OF THE SAND, ACCOMPANIED BY THE MOST HORRIFIC,
               PRIMORDIAL SHRIEK IMAGINABLE---

                                   IMHOTEP
                         ANCK-SU-NAMUUUUUN!!!!

               EXT. BRITISH FORT - CAIRO - DAY

               A British flag flies over BRITISH SOLDIERS manning the front
               gate. Our tired, disheveled Heroes saunter up on their dusty
               camels. The Soldiers check their papers, then let them enter.

               INT. EVELYN'S QUARTERS - DAY

               A steamer trunk is slammed to the floor and thrown open.
               O'Connell chucks a load of DRESSES into the trunk.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         I thought you didn't believe in
                         this stuff!?

               O'Connell heads for the closet. Evelyn UNPACKS the dresses

                                   EVELYN
                         Having an encounter with a four
                         thousand year old walking-talking
                         corpse tends to convert one.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Forget it, we're out the door down
                         the hall and gone.

                                   EVELYN
                         No, we are not,

               O'Connell throws a handful of her underthings into the trunk,

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Oh yes we are.

               O'Connell continues to PACK Evelyn's clothes as she continues
               to UNPACK them:

                                   EVELYN
                         No we are not. We woke him up, and
                         we must try and stop him.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         We?! What we?! You didn't read that
                         book. I told you not to play around
                         with that thing.

                                   EVELYN
                         Alright then, Me, I, ...I read the
                         book, I woke him up and I intend to
                         stop him.

               O'Connell angrily stretches a bra between his hands.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         How!? You heard the man, no mortal
                         weapons can kill this guy.

                Evelyn grabs the bra and throws it into a drawer.

                                   EVELYN
                         Then we'll have to find some
                         immortal ones.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         There goes that "we" again. Not me,
                         I am outta here! 

               O'Connell stuffs a pile of Evelyn's shoes into the trunk.
               Evelyn KICKS the lid shut, slamming it on his fingers.
               O'Connell YELPS and angrily storms around the room sucking
               his fingers as Evelyn follows him.

                                   EVELYN
                         According to that Book, once this
                         creature has been reborn, his curse
                         will spread, and as he grows in
                         strength, so will his curse grow,
                         infecting the people until the
                         whole of the earth is destroyed.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Yeah? So? Is that My problem?

                                   EVELYN (INCREDULOUS)
                         It's everybody's problem!

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Look lady, I appreciate you saving
                         my life and all, but when I signed
                         on, I agreed to take you out there
                         and bring you back, and I did, now
                         we're even, end of job, end of
                         story, contract terminated.

                                   EVELYN
                         That's what I am to you? A
                         contract?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         You can either tag along with me,
                         or you can stay here and play
                         around with Mister Maggot.

                                   EVELYN
                         I'm staying.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         FINE!

               O'Connell storms out and SLAMS the door. A BEAT. Then the
               door opens and O'Connell's hand reaches back in and throws a
               handful of frilly panties to the floor. SLAM goes the door.

               EXT. BRITISH FORT COMPOUND - DAY

               O'Connell angrily strides through the compound. He sees Beni
               coming up the path with a MAN dressed in hooded robes, his
               face covered by an ornate death mask. Imhotep disguised.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Beni ya little stinkweed, where did
                         you slink off to?

                                   BENI
                         You left me! You left me in the
                         desert to rot.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Oh yeah, ....sorry bout that
                             (gestures to Imhotep)
                         So who's this guy?

                                   BENI
                         This is Prince Imhotep, High Priest
                         of Osiris.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Oh, hey, how ya doin'?

               O'Connell sticks out his hand, --Imhotep instantly recoils
               O'Connell gives him the once-over. Beni quickly covers.

                                   BENI
                         The Prince does not like to be
                         touched by other humans. A Silly
                         eastern superstition, I'm afraid.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Yeah, well, we all got our little
                         problems today don't we?

                                   BENI
                         He has come to help Mister Burns
                         Somehow I feel responsible.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Don't gimme that, you never had any
                         scruples.

                                   BENI
                         Do you know where I can steal some? 

               O'Connell fake-punches him. Beni flinches. O'Connell gives
               Imhotep a look as he strides off.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         See ya around, Padre. 

               Imhotep's grotesque new eyes glare out from behind the mask.

               INT. CASBAH - DAY

               The proverbial den-of-iniquity. Hard men, hard women and hard
               liquor. Lots of deals going down.
               An OLDER GUY with a walrus mustache is drunk and talking to
               some tough customers.  He wears British WWI fighter pilot
               gear. Meet WINSTON HAVLOCK.

                                   WINSTON
                         I'm the last of the Royal Force
                         still stationed here, you know? All
                         the other laddies died in the air
                         and were buried in the sand. 

               The tough customers shove him away. Winston staggers over to
               O'Connell and Jonathan at the bar, not missing a beat.

                                   WINSTON (CONT'D)
                         Ever since the end of the Great
                         War, there hasn't been a single
                         challenge worthy of a man like me.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         I've heard it before, Winston.

               O'Connell shoves him away. Winston staggers back to Jonathan.

                                   WINSTON
                         I just wish I would've chucked it
                         with the other laddies, gone down
                         in a flame of glory, instead of
                         sitting around here, rotting from
                         boredom and booze! 

               Jonathan shoves him towards another group of unlucky sods
               Henderson and Daniels sidle up to the bar next to them.
               Burns, now tongue-less, talks with a severe impediment

                                   BURNS
                         The drawer there, spectacles.
                             (tries to laugh) 
                         As you see, I won't be needing
                         them. 

               Imhotep opens the drawer and pulls out some bifocals. He puts
               the bifocals on over his death mask, --and grins broadly, his
               rotted teeth showing through the mouth hole.

                                   BENI
                         Mister Burns, Prince Imhotep thanks
                         you for your spectacles, - and for
                         your eyes, ....and for your tongue.

               The expression on Burns' face starts to change, very puzzled.

                                   BENI (CONT'D)
                         But I am afraid more is needed, the
                         Prince says he must finish the job,
                         consummate the curse which you and
                         your friends have brought down upon
                         yourselves. 

               A look of pure fear registers on Burns, face. Beni quickly
               backs away and runs out of the room. Imhotep picks up the
               sacred canopic jar, then removes the death mask, revealing
               his hideous, shattered CORPSE-SKULL.

               INT. CASBAH - DAY

               Three shot glasses clink together. O'Connell, Jonathan and
               Henderson slug 'em down -- all three of them instantly SPIT
               OUT the liquid. Half the bar SPITS OUT their drinks as well.

                                   HENDERSON
                         Sweet Jesus! That tasted just like,
                         ....like...

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Blood.

               They all look at each other, even more nervous.

                                   JONATHAN
                         "And the rivers and waters of Egypt
                         went red and were as blood."

               A look passes over O'Connell's face, a realization.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         He's here

               He sudden1y jumps away from the bar and runs for the door.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Who's here!?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         The guy! The Priest! THE MUMMY!

               EXT. BRITISH FORT COMPOUND - DAY

               LIGHTNING FLASHES as O'Connell races across the compound,
               knocking several Soldiers out of his way, panic stricken. 

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Evelyn!! EVELYYYYNN!!!

               EXT. BRITISH FORT COURTYARD - DAY

               Evelyn calmly steps into a courtyard carrying a handful of
               books. A BLAST OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING scares her. She drops
               half the books. Then a HAND GRABS HER! She jumps again and
               drops the rest of the books. It's O'Connell, breathing hard.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         We got problems.

               And that's when a barrage of HAIL AND FIRE slams into the
               courtyard. O'Connell and Evelyn jump back. 

               A water fountain bursts into STEAM. A wooden trellis catches
               FIRE. 

               O'Connell and Evelyn run under the eaves as SOLDIERS,
               SERVANTS and CAMELS run in every direction, trying to avoid
               the maelstrom.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         He's here! I saw him! That thing is
                         here!

                                   EVELYN
                         The creature!? Are you sure!?
                         O'Connell gives her an incredulous
                         look and gestures at the HAIL and
                         FIRE.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Pretty sure!

               The HAIL and FIRE come to a stop. Everything goes dead quiet.
               O'Connell and Evelyn freeze. And then a BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM
               is heard coming from the living quarters directly above them.
               O'Connell and Evelyn race up the stairs.

               INT. BURNS' QUARTERS - DAY

               O'Connell and Evelyn race into the room, past the Servant who
               is running out SCREAMING. They skid to a stop as they spot
               Burns, or what's left of him, lying dead on the floor --HIS
               BODY IS SHRIVELLED TO HALF IT'S SIZE. Drained of all organs
               and liquids. 

               O'Connell and Evelyn are shocked. Then they hear a LOUD MOAN
               and notice Imhotep standing on the far side of the room.
               O'Connell draws his gun. 

               Imhotep is REGENERATING: A thick skin FORMS over powerful new
               musculature. His tendons RIPPLE. His bones BULGE and REFORM.
               His mouth opens to an inhuman size as he MOANS and CRIES OUT,
               in severe pain. And then it's over. And he looks like an
               incredibly muscular, corpse-like vision from hell. The
               'Terminator' Mummy. 

               O'Connell and Evelyn are stunned.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         we are in serious trouble. 

               Imhotep starts to move towards them, staring at Evelyn.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         Back off, creep

               Imhotep keeps coming. O'Connell OPENS FIRE. BLASTING Imhotep
               Bullets RIP through his body. Imhotep doesn't seem to mind.
               Jonathan, Henderson and Daniels run into the room. They're
               all stunned at the sight of Imhotep. 

               O'Connell steps forward, throws a RIGHT HOOK, punches Imhotep
               in the face -- HIS FIST GOES THROUGH IMHOTEP'S SKULL AND GETS
               STUCK DEEP INSIDE HIS HEAD. O'Connell stares at it, shocked,
               then quickly YANKS his fist back out. 

               The area of Imhotep's face that came into contact with
               O'Connell's fist quickly DEGENERATES and DECAYS, right down
               to the bone, as if O'Connell's hand instantly infected it. 

               Imhotep angrily turns, grabs O'Connell, and with no effort,
               THROWS him across the room and into Jonathan and the others
               knocking them down. 

               Imhotep looks at his hand, the one that just grabbed
               O'Connell, --IT STARTS TO SHRIVEL and DECAY. He quickly turns
               to Evelyn. Evelyn backs away into a wall, terrorized. Imhotep
               steps up to her.

                                   IMHOTEP (SUBTITLED)
                         You saved me from the undead. For
                         this, I shall make you immortal. 

               He leans in, about to kiss her with his decayed face. And
               that's when a WHITE CAT jumps onto the piano, HISSING.
               Imhotep SHRIEKS. The balcony doors BLOW OPEN. 

               Imhotep spins into a BLAST OF WIND AND SAND and SWIRLS out
               the doors. Gone. 

               O'Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan and Daniels stand transfixed.
               Henderson kneels next to Burns, shriveled body, horrified.

                                   HENDERSON
                         The curse the curse

               INT. MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES - DAY

               O'Connell, Jonathan, Henderson and Daniels follow Evelyn
               across the Ramesseum.

                                   EVELYN
                         There's only one person I know who
                         can possibly give us some answers.

               They round a corner and come upon the Curator -- who is
               talking with Ardeth Bay. Everybody stops.

                                   EVERYBODY
                         YOU!

               O'Connell and the American's quickly draw their guns. Ardeth
               Bay just scowls. The Curator nods his head.

                                   CURATOR
                         Miss Carnavon. Gentlemen.

                                   EVELYN
                         What is he doing here?

                                   CURATOR
                         Do you truly wish to know or would
                         you prefer to just shoot us? 

               Everybody tenses, guns up. Then O'Connell uncocks his .38.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         I just saw my fist vanish into some
                         guy's head.

               He slides his gun back into his shoulder-holster.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         I'm willin, to go on a little
                         faith, here.

                                   CURATOR
                         You will not believe it

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Try me.

               INT. RAMESSEUM - MOMENTS LATER

               Everyone is assembled around the tomb display of Seti The
               First.  We recognize his chariot and sword. The Curator sits
               on Seti's throne.

                                   CURATOR
                         We are part of an ancient secret
                         society, the cult-of-the-Mumia, and
                         we have a sacred mission, passed
                         down through thirty-nine
                         generations. For over four thousand
                         years we have guarded The City Of
                         The Dead. We are sworn at manhood
                         to do any and all in our power to
                         stop the High Priest Imhotep from
                         being reborn into this world.

                                   ARDETH RAY
                         And because of you, we have failed.

                                   EVELYN (APPALLED)
                         And you think this justifies
                         killing innocent people!?

                                   CURATOR
                         To have stopped this creature? Yes!

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Okay, let's cut to the chase. He's
                         afraid of cats, what's that about?

                                   CURATOR
                         According to the ancients, cat's
                         are the guardians at the gates of
                         the underworld. Imhotep will fear
                         them until he is fully regenerated,
                         and then he will fear nothing. 

               Daniels is totally wigged-out, he looks at O'Connell.

                                   DANIELS
                         Right! And ya know how he gets
                         fully regenerated?! By killing
                         everybody who opened that chest and
                         sucking us dry! That's how!

                                   CURATOR
                         Yes, the creature must first try
                         and regenerate, and then he will
                         attempt to resurrect the one he has
                         loved for more than four thousand
                         years.

                                   EVELYN
                         Anck-su-namun.

               The Curator and Ardeth Bay look at Evelyn, thunderstruck.

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         In the necropolis, when I saw him,
                         alive...walking, he called me Anck
                         su-namun. And then in Mister Burns'
                         quarters he tried to kiss me.

                                   CURATOR
                         It is because it was you who read
                         from the Book. He has chosen you to
                         be the human sacrifice needed to
                         regenerate the body of Anck-su
                         namun. 

               Jonathan scratches his ear with the barrel of his pistol.

                                   JONATHAN
                         This is not good. Not good at all 

               Ardeth Bay has been staring out a wall of windows.

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         Tonight is the full moon. The moon
                         of Osiris. It will begin tonight. 

               Everyone follows Ardeth Bay's eyes, through the windows we
               can see the SUN -- which is now going into a FULL ECLIPSE.

                                   JONATHAN
                         "...and he stretched forth his
                         hands towards the heavens, and
                         there was darkness throughout the
                         land of Egypt."

               EXT. BRITISH FORT - WINDOW - DAY FOR NIGHT

               O'Connell looks out a window at the British Soldiers manning
               the walls. Above and beyond them -- is the BLACK SUN.

               EXT. EVELYN'S FOYER - DAY FOR NIGHT

               Evelyn and Jonathan are pacing the foyer

                                   EVELYN
                         We must stop him from regenerating.
                         She turns to Daniels and Henderson

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         Who opened that chest?

                                   HENDERSON
                         Well, there was me and Daniels here
                         and then poor Burns of course, oh
                         yeah, and that Egyptologist fella. 

               O'Connell turns from the window.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         What about my buddy, Beni?

                                   DANIELS
                         Naw, he scrammed outta there,

                                   EVELYN
                         We must find the Egyptologist and
                         bring him back here to the safety
                         of the fort, before the creature
                         can get to him. 

               O'Connell looks at Evelyn, Daniels and Henderson.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Okay, ...Evelyn, you wait here, you
                         two come with me. 

               All three of them pounce on him at once--

                                   HENDERSON
                         The hell with that! I'm not goin'
                         nowhere! We're safe here.

                                   DANIELS
                         Yeah, I'm not leavin, this fort for
                         nothin'.

                                   EVELYN
                         Who put you in charge? You can't
                         just leave me behind like some old
                         suitcase. I'm the one responsible
                         for this mess and I intend to be
                         the one to clean it up. 

               O'Connell just shakes his head and SIGHS. Totally put-upon.
               Then he takes Evelyn, shoves her into the bedroom, slams the
               door and locks it with a skeleton key. From inside her room
               we can hear Evelyn POUNDING on the door and YELLING.
               O'Connell throws the skeleton key to Daniels.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Keep an eye on her. If you leave
                         her door, I'll rip your spleen out.
                         C'mon, Jonathan.

               Jonathan swallows hard and points to himself

                                   JONATHAN
                         Me?

               CAIRO ALLEYWAYS - BAZAAR - DAY FOR NIGHT

               The Egyptologist stumbles through the dark alleys, looking
               haunted. He clutches the Book of The Dead in one hand and his
               SACRED CANOPIC JAR in the other. 

               Imhotep is stalking him. 

               A STREET VENDOR turns and sees Imhotep's horribly decayed
               face. He reacts and scurries away. Imhotep lifts his robe,
               covers his face, and moves in on the Egyptologist, who is
               heading into the bazaar. WE PAN UP TO--

               THE EGYPTOLOGIST'S OFFICE - DAY FOR NIGHT

               Beni is RANSACKING the joint, pulling out drawers and files
               and throwing them on the floor. He finds a silver pocket
               watch, shakes it, then throws it into his pocket, then he
               starts tipping over bookcases and clearing shelves.

                                   O'CONNELL(O.S.)
                         well, well, well. 

               Beni spins around. O'Connell and Jonathan stand in the door.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         Lemme guess, spring cleaning? 

               Beni turns and runs for an open window. O'Connell grabs a
               chair, FLINGS IT into his path. Beni TRIPS and CRASHES into a
               wall. O'Connell strides over, grabs him and lifts him up the
               wall. Beni's feet dangle off the floor.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         Where's your new friend?

                                   BENI
                         What friend? You're my only friend.

               O'Connell quickly slides his knife up under Beni's chin

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Then you got no excuse for living.
                         What the hell you doin, being
                         buddies with this creep, Beni?
                         What's in it for you?

                                   BENI
                         It is better to be the right hand
                         of the Devil,....than in his path.
                         As long as I serve him, I am
                         immune.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Immune from what?

                                   BENI
                         You shall see.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         What are you looking for? Lie, and
                         I'll slit your throat.

               O'Connell shoves the knife deeper into Beni's skin.

                                   BENI
                         The book! The black book they found
                         at Hamunaptra! Imhotep wants it
                         back. Said to me it would be worth
                         it's weight in diamonds.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         What does he want the book for?

                                   BENI  (SHRUGS)
                         Something about bringing his dead
                         girly-friend back to life He needs
                         the book....
                             (looks at Jonathan)
                         And your sister.

               O'Connell looks at Jonathan. 

               Beni seizes the moment and KNEES O'Connell in the balls.
               O'Connell doubles over and collapses. Beni leaps out the
               window. Jonathan cringes.

                                   JONATHAN
                         That looked rather painful

                                   O'CONNELL  (WINCING)
                         Ya know, ever since I met you, my
                         luck has been for crap.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Yes, I know, I do that to people.

               And that's when they hear a BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM coming from
               down in the bazaar. O'Connell and Jonathan scramble to the
               window and look out--

               EXT. BAZAAR - DAY FOR NIGHT

               Down in the bazaar, people are SCREAMING and quickly backing
               away from the SHRIVELLED CORPSE OF THE EGYPTOLOGIST. A
               partially decayed HAND reaches down and takes the sacred
               canopic jar out of the Egyptologist's shriveled hand. 

               It's Imhotep, having regenerated even further. He looks up
               and catches eyes with O'Connell. Imhotep grins, then UNHINGES
               his jaw, his mouth stretches to an inhuman size, and then a
               huge SWARM OF FLIES comes out of his mouth and races straight
               up at O'Connell and Jonathan. 

               They both SLAM the shutters. 

               The flies SLAM into the closed window and immediately spread
               throughout the bazaar. Sending people SCREAMING and running.

               EGYPTOLOGISTS OFFICE - DAY FOR NIGHT

               O'Connell and Jonathan look at each other, panicked

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Damn-it! That's two down and only
                         two to go.

                                   JONATHAN
                         And then he'll be coming after Evy.
                         They turn and race out of the
                         office.

               BRITISH FORT - WINDOW --NIGHT

               Daniels stares out a window, watching the British Guards at
               the front gate. More Soldiers march the encircling parapet.

                                   SOLDIER
                         Ten O'clock! All is well! 

               The lights and MUSIC from the Casbah come up from below

               INT. EVELYN'S FOYER - NIGHT

               Daniels turns from the window. Henderson sits in a chair next
               to Evelyn's door, chain smoking. Both look wired with fear.

                                   DANIELS
                         The hell with this. I'm goin,
                         downstairs to get me a drink. You
                         want somethin,?

                                   HENDERSON
                         Yeah, get me a glass of bourbon, a
                         shot of bourbon and a bourbon
                         chaser 

               Daniels nods and heads out. 

               Henderson just sits there, alone, smoking. He reaches into
               his jacket pocket, pulls out his SACRED CANOPIC JAR and
               fondles it. A BREEZE suddenly comes in through the open
               window. The curtains flutter. 

               Henderson gets up and goes over to shut it. He looks out the
               window. The CAMERA races over the compound, into the window
               and HITS Henderson square in the FACE just as he's about to
               scream. Henderson is lifted into the air by a mass of
               SWIRLING SAND. His body TWISTS and TURNS and Slowly SHRIVELS
               as the life is SUCKED out of him. Then he COLLAPSES to the
               floor. On the wall above him, the SHADOW of the SWIRLING SAND
               condenses, forming a SHADOW of a human body. The SHADOW
               CONVULSES as the body REGENERATES. And then it's over. 

               Imhotep steps into view. He's regenerated even further and
               looks almost normal now, his face no longer decayed. He steps
               over Henderson's shriveled body and up to Evelyn's door,
               rattles the knob. It's locked. Imhotep grins.

               EVELYN'S ROOM - NIGHT

               Evelyn is asleep in her bed as SAND begins streaming in
               through the keyhole, pouring onto the floor, forming a large
               mound. Evelyn starts to toss and turn. 

               WE PAN BACK OVER TO THE DOOR: The mound of sand is gone and
               in it's place is Imhotep.

               INT. FOYER - NIGHT

               O'Connell and Jonathan race into the foyer and skid to a stop
               as they see Henderson's shriveled body on the floor.

               O'Connell runs up to Evelyn's door and rattles the knob,
               still locked. He bends down and looks in through the KEYHOLE.

               EVELYN'S ROOM - NIGHT

               Imhotep leans down towards Evelyn, about to kiss her as she
               sleeps. The door starts to CRASH and BANG from O'Connell. 

               Imhotep ignores it. And KISSES Evelyn. His lips and mouth
               instantly start to DEGENERATE and DECAY. Right down to the
               bone. The door BURSTS OPEN. 

               Evelyn wakes-up. Sees Imhotep's rotted mouth kissing her. She
               SCREAMS and shoves him away. Imhotep's putrid mouth grimaces
               in sadness.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Get your hands off my girl, pal. 

               Imhotep's sadness turns to anger as he spins around and faces
               O'Connell. Imhotep licks his fetid lips. O'Connell smirks.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         Nice lips.

               Imhotep starts to move for O'Connell.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         I figured you might be here, so I
                         brought a friend. 

               He throws the white cat at Imhotep. Imhotep instinctively
               catches it. He SHRIEKS, drops the cat and stumbles back
               towards the window -- which suddenly BLOWS OPEN. 

               Imhotep spins like a dervish and BURSTS INTO A WHIRLWIND OF
               SAND. Everybody covers their eyes. The Imhotep/sand-devil
               EXPLODES out the window and vanishes over the compound. 

               Jonathan aims his gun at the window, his hand shaking badly.

               O'Connell hugs Evelyn as she wipes her mouth in disgust. 

               Daniels walks in, looks at Henderson's shriveled body on the
               floor . .... and drops the martini glasses.

               INT. 1923 CONVERTIBLE DUSSENBERG - NIGHT

               Jonathan races his big convertible through the streets,
               HONKING constantly. Evelyn sits between him and O'Connell,
               looking scared and nervous, then she gives O'Connell a look.

                                   EVELYN
                         You called me your girl?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         What? ... Oh yeah, that was just
                         um, you know, figure a speech.

                                   EVELYN
                         I think you were jealous

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Jealous? You kiddin' me? Did you
                         see that guy's face? 

               Daniels leans forward from the back seat, filled with fear,

                                   DANIELS
                         Shut-up! JUST SHUT-UP! We gotta do
                         somethin'! we gotta do somethin,
                         NOW! Before it's too late! 

               They race into the driveway of the museum of Antiquities.

               EXT. CAIRO BAZAAR - NIGHT

               A FULL MOON now shines down on the bazaar, still bustling
               with activity. Suddenly, a BREEZE kicks-in. 

               GREEN MIST begins to SWIRL down the street and through the
               stalls. The people begin to CHOKE and COUGH and RETCH, as if
               being hit by a severe sickness. --It's already too late.

               Imhotep strolls through the sickened mob, his face half
               rotted off, his deformed mouth grinning happily. 

               Beni is at his side, looking very nervous. And then, one-by
               one, the people silently begin to follow Imhotep, their skin
               now covered in disgustingly hideous BOILS AND SORES.

               INT. MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES - NIGHT

               O'Connell, Jonathan, Daniels, the Curator and Ardeth Bay
               fo11ow Evelyn as she strides through the museum.

                                   EVELYN
                         Last month I came across an
                         inscription that mentioned The Book
                         Of The Dead.

                                   DANIELS
                         That book we found at Hamunaptra?

                                   EVELYN
                         Yes. I dismissed it, because it
                         talked about bringing people back
                         from the dead. A notion I was
                         unwilling to believe.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Believe it, sister. That's what
                         brought our buddy back to life.

                                   JONATHAN
                         And now he's going to use it to
                         bring his girlfriend back

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         And if he succeeds, the two of them
                         together will bring about the
                         apocalypse.

               The Curator joins Evelyn at her side as she heads up the
               stairs, everyone else in hot pursuit.

                                   THE CURATOR
                         The plagues we have seen so far,
                         are merely Imhotep flexing his
                         muscles. Only at the moment of Anck
                         su-namun's resurrection will he be
                         truly invincible. 

               They reach the display cases. Evelyn quickly opens them.

                                   EVELYN
                         I'm thinking that if the black Book
                         Of The Dead can bring people back
                         to life--

                                   CURATOR
                         --then perhaps, the golden Book Of
                         The Living can return them to the
                         underworld.

                                   EVELYN
                         Exactly -

                                   O'CONNELL
                         So your sayin', if we find the book
                         made outta gold--

                                   CURATOR
                         --And read the sacred incantations
                         contained inside it.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         You think it'll send this guy back
                         to hell?

                                   CURATOR
                         Correct.

               And that's when LOUD CHANTING is heard coming from outside
               They all rush over to the upper windows and look down-- 

               OUTSIDE: A large, CRAZED MOB covered in hideous boils and
               sores comes CHANTING up the driveway: 'Anck-su-namun! Anck-su
               namun!

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         It has begun. The beginning of the
                         end.

                                   EVELYN
                         Not quite yet it hasn't. C'mon.

               Evelyn dashes back to the display cases. Everyone follows.

               EXT. MUSEUM - NIGHT

               The crazed mob CRASHES into the huge front doors, which are
               locked. They pound furiously, throwing themselves at it while
               CHANTING CONSTANTLY. 

               Imhotep solemnly comes up the driveway.

               INT. MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITIES - UPPER BALCONY - NIGHT

               The BANGING on the doors can be heard as Evelyn and the
               Curator quickly sort through broken pieces of stone tablets.
               The others watch. Evelyn pulls out a large piece.

                                   EVELYN
                         Got it!

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Got what?

               The BANGING gets LOUDER. Multiple windows SHATTER. Evelyn
               talks while quickly translating the tablet:

                                   EVELYN
                         Since the black Book of The Dead
                         was found inside the statue of
                         Anubis, then according to this, the
                         golden Book of The Living should be
                         inside...

               Evelyn finds the translation in the tablet and smiles.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         What?

                                   JONATHAN
                         What?

                                   DANIELS
                         WHAT!?

                                   EVELYN
                         The golden Book Of The Living, is
                         inside the statue of Koz-us.

                                   CURATOR
                         Which would be located not far to
                         the east of the Anubis statue.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Don't tell me we gotta go back out
                         there?

                                   CURATOR
                         If we want to kill the creature,
                         yes. 

               TWO HIDEOUS BOIL & SORE-COVERED MEN charge out of a doorway,
               SCREAMING. O'Connell and Ardeth Bay grab them and chuck them
               over the railing. The men fly through the air and CRASH into
               the lower display cases. The front doors suddenly BURST OPEN,
               The crazed mob pours into the museum. Our heroes haul-ass
               across the balcony and down the staircase.

               EXT. MUSEUM OF ANTIQUITY - NIGHT

               Jonathan sneaks out of some bushes and quickly heads for his
               convertible. Suddenly, a splinter group of the diseased mob
               comes around the side of the museum. Jonathan instantly bugs
               his eyes out, starts drooling, and begins CHANTING---

                                   JONATHAN
                         Anck-su-namun! Anck-su-namun! 

               The crazed group runs past him and heads into the front doors
               of the museum. Jonathan leaps into the convertible, fires it
               up and 180's it back over to the bushes. O'Connell, Evelyn,
               Daniels, Ardeth Bay and the Curator jump inside the car. 

               Beni steps out of the museum and sees them.

                                   BENI
                         Imhotep! IMHOTEP! 

               Imhotep looks out of the museum from the shattered upper
               windows just as the convertible PEELS OUT. 

               O'Connell points a finger at Beni as they race past him.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         You're gonna get yours, pal! 

               Imhotep UNHINGES his jaw, his mouth stretches to an inhuman
               size, he lets out one of his horrific, primordial SHRIEKS.
               His disease-ridden disciples immediately begin pouring out of
               the front doors of the museum and chasing after the car.

               EXT. BAZAAR - NIGHT

               The convertible hauls-ass down the narrow bazaar street. 

               Crazies start jumping out of stalls and LEAPING onto the car.
               O'Connell and the others fight them off, throwing them
               overboard. 

               More people JUMP on. 

               Jonathan SWERVES the car, CRASHES through some stalls,
               knocking them off, but not before they manage to open the
               back door and YANK Daniels out. 

               He TUMBLES across the pavement. Gets up SHOOTING. Backs into
               a corner, FIRING his pistol into the hideous rabble, killing
               several, keeping them at bay. His gun goes empty, CLICK!
               CLICK! CLICK! But the mob stays back, looking at him like
               rabid vultures. Daniels eyes them, filled with fear. 

               The mob parts like the red sea as Imhotep walks through them
               and up to Daniels. Daniels whimpers in fear, tears pour down
               his cheeks. 

               Then he gets an idea, reaches into his pocket, and pulls out
               his jewel encrusted SACRED CANOPIC JAR. He holds it out for
               Imhotep. 

               Imhotep takes it and grins. Through his tears, Daniels grins
               back, hopeful that he'll be spared. 

               WE CUT WIDE: Somewhere in the middle of the crazed, diseased
               mob, we hear Daniels give out A BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM...

               INT./EXT. CONVERTIBLE - STREETS - NIGHT

               The convertible slowly motors down the narrow alleys. WE
               DOLLY across the hood of the car from Jonathan to Evelyn to
               O'Connell. Ardeth Bay and the Curator are still in the back. 

               All of them staring out the front windshield. Freaked-out.
               Then suddenly one of the hideous ghouls CRASHES through the
               windshield! 

               Everybody SCREAMS. 

               Jonathan hits the gas, loses control, the car SLAMS into a
               wall. O'Connell grabs Evelyn.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         C'mon! C'mon! Let's go! Let's go! 

               They all leap out of the car. But the angry, festering mob
               quickly surrounds them. 

               O'Connell quickly reaches into his gunny-sack, pulls out a
               stick of dynamite, then reaches into his pocket and pulls out
               a match. He looks around for a way to light it, then reaches
               over and strikes it across Ardeth Bay's stubbly face. Ardeth
               Bay YELPS. 

               O'Connell holds the lit match near the fuse. The crazed,
               CHANTING mob gives O'Connell a wide berth, staring at him and
               the others with insane, bloodshot eyes. And then Imhotep
               steps through, --having fully regenerated, he now looks as
               young and handsome and muscular as he did the day he was
               buried alive. 

               Evelyn stares at him.

                                   EVELYN
                         He's gorgeous.

               O'Connell gives her a look, the match burns his fingers. He
               YELPS and throws it down, grabs another match and strikes it
               across Ardeth Bay's face again. Ardeth Bay YELPS and gives
               O'Connell a look to kill. The Curator shakes his head.

                                   THE CURATOR
                         He has consummated the curse, now
                         all he need do is raise Anck-su
                         namun from the dead, then it will
                         be the end of us, and the beginning
                         for them. 

               Imhotep moves forward, heading right for them. O'Connell
               LIGHTS THE FUSE. Imhotep steps up to O'Connell and stops,
               watching the fuse burn down. It's a game of chicken. The
               tension mounts. The LIT FUSE is about to vanish inside the
               stick of dynamite, blowing it up, --when Evelyn leans forward
               and blows it out. O'Connell exhales, but keeps his eyes on
               Imhotep, who extends his hand to Evelyn.

                                   IMHOTEP
                         Koontash dai na.

               Beni steps through the swarming mass, translating.

                                   BENI
                         Take his hand and he will spare the
                         others. 

               Evelyn hesitates, looks around at the huge, bloodthirsty
               crowd surrounding them, holding axes, picks and scimitars,
               waiting to pounce, then she looks at Imhotep, confident,
               powerful, invincible. Then she looks at O'Connell.

                                   EVELYN
                         Any bright ideas? 

               O'Connell talks through angry, grit teeth.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Sorry, fresh out. 

               Evelyn looks back at Imhotep, then starts to reach out to
               take his hand. Both O'Connell and Jonathan move to stop her, 
               -but Ardeth Bay grabs them both and holds them tight.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         Don't do it, Evelyn.

                                   EVELYN
                         I have no choice. 

               Evelyn's trembling hand touches Imhotep's: His hand closes
               around hers. Nothing happens. Imhotep smiles.

                                   IMHOTEP
                         Keetah mi pharos, aja nilo,
                         isirlan.

                                   BENI
                         Come with me my princess. It is
                         time to make you mine, forever. 

               Evelyn gives Beni a nasty look, correcting him--

                                   EVELYN
                         All eternity, idiot.

               Then she looks at O'Connell and puts on her best face.

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         You better think of something,
                         because if he turns me into a
                         mummy, you're the first one I'm
                         coming after.

               O'Connell almost smiles

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Got guts, lady.

                                   EVELYN
                         Yes, I know, and I'd like to keep
                         them.

               Imhotep suddenly notices something. He reaches forward and--

               RIPS THE KEY/BOX OUT OF JONATHAN'S UPPER JACKET POCKET.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Hey that's mine--! 

               Ardeth Bay holds Jonathan back. Imhotep pulls Evelyn away.
               O'Connell can't take it anymore, he tries to break free of
               Ardeth Bay's grip.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Evelyn!

               The huge, powerful man holds him tight.

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         Be calm. There is still time. We
                         can stop him yet. 

               The crowd parts for Imhotep and Evelyn. And then Imhotep
               stops and looks back at O'Connell.

                                   IMHOTEP
                         Pared oos.

               Evelyn SCREAMS.

                                   EVELYN
                         NOOO!!

               Beni smiles.

                                   BENI
                         Kill them.

               Imhotep pulls her away. O'Connell breaks free of Ardeth Bay's
               grip and stumbles forward.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         EVELYN!

               But the rabid vultures are already moving in for the kill.
               O'Connell quickly bends down, pulls open a CISTERN/MANHOLE
               COVER and shoves Jonathan down inside it, then jumps in after
               him. The Curator pushes Ardeth Bay towards the cistern hole.

                                   CURATOR
                         Go! Find a way! Kill the creature! 

               The Curator turns and throws himself at the mob as Ardeth Bay
               crawls down into the hole. The mob tears the Curator apart.

               INT. CATACOMBS - NIGHT

               O'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay slosh their way down the
               watery catacomb, crazies pouring in behind them. 

               Up ahead, a LIGHT suddenly shines in from another cistern
               hole, and then more of the infected crowd drop down,
               SCREECHING like rats. 

               O'Connell jags right, pushing Jonathan and Ardeth Bay ahead
               of him, he strikes a match off the wall, lights the nubby
               fuse on a stick of dynamite, throws it, and runs like hell. 

               FIRE BLAST incinerates a bunch of crazies.

               STREET - ALLEY - NIGHT

               The EXPLOSION blows a cistern cover fifty feet into the air,
               followed by a mass of FLAMMAGE ..............

               EXT. ALLEY - NIGHT

               A sewer grate is kicked out of a wall. O'Connell, Jonathan
               and Ardeth Bay climb out of the hole and into AN ALLEY.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         We gotta get her back.

                                   JONATHAN
                         I'm with you, old man. No one
                         touches my sister like that and
                         gets away with it. 

               O'Connell looks at Ardeth Bay,

                                   O'CONNELL
                         You know where he's taking her?

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         Yes. To Hamunaptra. To perform the
                         ritual.

               Jonathan looks worried.

                                   JONATHAN
                         And what ritual would that be?

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         The ritual to bring the body of
                         Anck-su-namun back to life.

                                   JONATHAN
                         And how does one do that?

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         By reading the Book Of The Dead.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Oh yes, of course.

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         And then killing your sister.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Excuse me?

               Ardeth Bay looks at O'Connell,

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         Imhotep is now able to cross the
                         desert with great haste. 

               Jonathan taps him in the shoulder.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Begging your pardon, but I wasn't
                         quite clear on that last part. 

               Ardeth Bay ignores him.

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         If he arrives before us, it will be
                         too late.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Did you say 'kill' my sister? 

               O'Connell smiles

                                   O'CONNELL
                         I know how to beat him to it. 

               And on that WE SMASH CUT TO-- THE ERFOUD DUNES - DAWN 

               Jonathan's bashed-in convertible steams it's way up to a set
               of semi-abandoned Quonset huts. A single WWI BIPLANE with
               R.A.F. INSIGNIAS sits in the sand beside them. A SIGN READS:

               HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL AIR CORP

               EXT. QUONSET HUT - DUNES - MINUTES LATER

               O'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay stand before Winston
               Havlock, the massive dunes of Erfoud as our background.

                                   WINSTON
                         So what's your little problem got
                         to do with His Majesty's Royal Air
                         Corp?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Not a god-damned thing. 

               Winston looks intrigued.

                                   WINSTON
                         Is it dangerous?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         You probably won't live through it.

               This really interests him.

                                   WINSTON
                         By Jove, do you really think so?

                                   JONATHAN
                         Everybody else we've bumped into
                         has died, why not you? 

               Winston nods his head, he's hooked.

                                   WINSTON
                         So what's the challenge then?

                                   O'CONNELL
                         To save the damsel in distress,
                         kill the bad guy and steal his
                         treasure.

               A slow grin spreads across Winston's face, then he gives them
               a snappy salute.

                                   WINSTON
                         Winston Havlock at your service,
                         sir!

               SAHARA - DAY

               Way off across the desert, a large SAND-DEVIL races over the
               dunes. The SANDY WHIRLWIND comes to a stop and starts to
               dissipate. 

               Evelyn and Beni are suddenly ejected out of it, they land in
               a dune. 

               The SWIRLING SAND CONDENSES AND FORMS INTO IMHOTEP. He looks
               up into the sky, listening carefully. 

               Evelyn shakes the sand out of her hair and looks at Beni.

                                   EVELYN
                         What just happened?

                                   BENI
                         All I remember is him turning into
                         a blast of sand, ....and then I
                         remember nothing. 

               Then they hear a plane in the sky and look up.

               INT. BIPLANE - DAY

               The WIND whips at Winston in the cockpit. O'Connell sits in
               the gunner's compartment. Jonathan is strapped spread-eagle
               across the left wing, Ardeth Bay is tied tight to the right.
               Both men are scared out of their wits and SCREAMING in fear.

               EXT. SAHARA - DAY

               Imhotep's jaw UNHINGES, his mouth opens to an inhuman size,
               he lets fly with another one of his horrible SHRIEKS. --And a
               massive WALL OF SAND rises up out of the desert

               BIPLANE - DAY

               O'Connell watches the desert below him come alive and rise up
               towards the plane. Winston looks over the side and sees
               what's coming. He laughs, throws the throttle, and puts the
               plane into a dive.

                                   WINSTON
                         Hang on, men!

               WE GO WIDE AS: The sandstorm chases the diving, twisting
               biplane. Getting closer and closer, about to engulf it.

               O'Connell looks back into the blinding sand and sees a GIANT
               FACE forming inside the sandstorm. It's Imhotep. 

               Grinning. O'Connell grabs the Lewis machine-gun, cocks the
               bracket and FIRES, blasting away at Imhotep's giant face
               inside the sandstorm. Imhotep's face begins to laugh, then
               his jaw unhinges, his mouth opens wide, and he ENGULFS the
               plane. Winston blindly fights for control, elated.

                                   WINSTON (CONT'D)
                         We're going down! The biplane SPINS
                         inside the BLOWING SAND. Engines
                         ROARING. Wind HOWLING. Jonathan and
                         Ardeth Bay SCREAMING. Winston
                         Havlock LAUGHING.

                                   WINSTON (CONT'D)
                         Here I come, laddies! O'Connell
                         braces himself for impact,

               SAHARA - DAY

               Evelyn leaps to her feet and runs over to Imhotep.

                                   EVELYN
                         Stop it! You'll kill them! 

               Imhotep grabs her, pulls her close, her beautiful eyes stare
               into his shockingly intense ones. Then he kisses her, hard.
               Evelyn's eyes widen, stunned and mesmerized, then she pushes
               herself away and falls back into the sand. Imhotep laughs.

               EXT. BIPLANE - DUNES - DAY

               The biplane SMASHES over a dune, ROLLS OVER and CRASHES
               upside-down into another dune. The SAND SWIRLS as O'Connell
               falls out of the gunner's compartment. The left wing is
               jammed into the dune, Jonathan hangs upside down.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Excuse me. ...A little help would
                         be useful. ...IF IT'S NOT TOO MUCH
                         TROUBLE!!

               O'Connell goes to help Jonathan. 

               Ardeth Bay stumbles over to the gunner's compartment and
               tears the Lewis gun off it's mount. He throws the machine-gun
               over one shoulder, a cartridge belt over the other and
               staggers away. 

               O'Connell and Jonathan look into the cockpit. Winston Havlock
               is dead. A smile on his face. The plane suddenly starts to
               move, the sand sinks under their feet, they quickly high-tail
               it away. 

               O'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay make it to some rocks and
               look back. The biplane, with Winston Havlock inside, slides
               away over a dune. O'Connell gives it a salute. The plane
               vanishes over the dune and into the SWIRLING SAND ...........

               HAMUNAPTRA - DAY

               O'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay come down a ravine in the
               volcano and look out over the ruins of Hamunaptra.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Okay, now what the hell does this
                         Horus guy look like?

                                   JONATHAN
                         He's a big fellow with pointy ears
                         and a face like a falcon.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Got it

               HAMUNAPTRA STAIRWAY - DAY

               Carrying TORCHES, O'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay make
               their way down a long, winding, narrow staircase. Heading
               into the bowels of the necropolis. A passageway to hell.

               NECROPOLIS - DAY

               Evelyn follows Imhotep into the underground cemetery. She
               stops at the sight of all the big hairy rats scurrying
               through the mausoleums and over the gravestones. 

               Beni shoves his rifle into her back and pushes her forward.

                                   BENI
                         Keep moving

               Evelyn gives him a look.

                                   EVELYN
                         You know, nasty little fellows such
                         as yourself, always get their
                         comeuppance. 

               Beni suddenly looks worried.

                                   BENI
                         Yeah?

                                   EVELYN
                         Oh yes, always,

               Beni looks even more worried, he nervously starts chewing on
               his lip. All three of them walk over the bridge crossing the
               disgusting DETRITUS MOAT. 

               Evelyn looks down at it, horrified.

               INT. PASSAGEWAY - DAY

               O'Connell and Ardeth Bay are busy digging out a collapsed
               doorway. Jonathan notices an AMETHYST SCARAB on the far wall.

                                   JONATHAN
                         I say, look at that. 

               He walks over and tries to jiggle it free. It comes loose in
               his hand. He looks at the scarab in his palm. It starts to
               glow. And then something inside it starts to WIGGLE.

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         Say, gents! You should come have a
                         look at this. 

               The wiggling continues; a long, agonizing BEAT, and then the
               scarab breaks out of it's cocoon and instantly BURROWS into
               Jonathan's palm. Jonathan starts to freak out and SCREAM.
               O'Connell runs up and rips the arm off Jonathan's shirt. The
               scarab is now BURROWING UP JONATHAN'S ARM. 

               O'Connell whips out his butterfly-knife, snaps it open and
               grabs Jonathan's arm. Jonathan's eyes widen in terror as the
               knife passes in front of his face. Jonathan SCREAMS LOUDER,
               obviously being cut open. 

               O'Connell's hand flicks something away. The scarab hits the
               floor and immediately starts scurrying back towards Jonathan,
               wanting to finish the job. O'Connell pulls out his gun and
               blows it away, --BLAM!

               INT. CEMETERY - DAY

               The GUNSHOT echoes into the cemetery as Imhotep, Evelyn and
               Beni step up to the strange ALTAR, where four thousand years
               ago Imhotep tried to bring Anck-su-namun back to life. 

               Imhotep scowls at the sound and angrily reaches into a
               CANOPIC JAR. He pulls out the crusted remains of Anck-su-
               namun's heart, crushes it to dust in his hand and starts
               reading from The Book Of The Dead. 

               Then he BLOWS the dust against a mausoleum wall --THE WALL
               STARTS TO COME ALIVE. Evelyn and Beni stare at the wall, both
               of them wide-eyed. TWO FORMS emerge from the mausoleum's
               wall. Horrific-looking mummified CORPSES. Two of Imhotep's
               long dead Priests. They bow to Imhotep then turn and move off
               down a passageway.

               INT. PASSAGEWAY - DAY

               O'Connell helps Ardeth Bay mend Jonathan's wound.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         From now on, don't touch anything.
                         Not a damn thing. Keep your hands
                         off the furniture, got it? 

               Jonathan swallows hard and nods vigorously.

               INT. CEMETERY - DAY

               Imhotep prepares the altar while speaking in HEBREW. Beni
               holds his gun on her, translating:

                                   BENI
                         Prince Imhotep wants your heart. 

               Evelyn blushes, feeling complimented by the handsome prince.

                                   EVELYN
                         Tell him, I'm truly flattered. ...
                         but that it's already taken. 

               Imhotep continues SPEAKING while laying the four jewel
               encrusted canopic jars next to the shattered one.

                                   BENI
                         He wants your heart and your brain,
                         your liver, your kidneys... 

               Evelyn's eyes widen

                                   BENI (CONT'D)
                         ... and how do you say? Those slimy
                         things, in your stomach?

                                   EVELYN
                         Intestines

                                   BENI
                         Yeah! Them.

               Evelyn can't believe it, she furiously turns to Imhotep.

                                   EVELYN
                         You only want me for my organs?!

               Imhotep looks at her and grins, then BACKHANDS her --WAP!

               Evelyn goes down for the count. Imhotep stares at her, cold,
               malevolent, then he turns and walks off into the mausoleums.
               Beni nervously glances around, then quickly scurries away.

               TREASURE CHAMBER - DAY

               O'Connell squeezes through a small crevice in a wall and
               drops to the floor of a dark chamber. He picks up his gunny-
               sack and scans the darkness. Something GLITTERS. 

               Jonathan and Ardeth Bay crawl in behind him. 

               O'Connell notices a SHAFT OF LIGHT, high above him, shooting
               through a small hole in the ceiling and stopping against a
               wall next to one of those mirror disks. O'Connell aims his
               gun. FIRES. The bullet STRIKES the disk's pedestal, spinning
               the mirror into the shaft of light, --And WHAM! THE SHAFT OF
               LIGHT HITS THE DISK AND QUICKLY BOUNCES AROUND THE ROOM FROM
               ONE DISK TO ANOTHER UNTIL THE WHOLE CHAMBER IS LIT UP.
               It's an enormous TREASURE CHAMBER. Filled to overflowing.
               Everything sparkles and shines. The wealth of Egypt. 

               O'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay are speechless -- that's
               when the two mummified Priest-mummies walk in.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         who the hell are these guys?

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         Priests. Imhotep's priests. 

               O'Connell pulls the elephant gun out of his gunny-sack.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         I never killed a priest before,

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         They are evil, cursed, they matter
                         not.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Well, okay then.

               O'Connell FIRES the elephant gun. SMOKE and FLAME shoot out.
               BLASTS one of the mummies. Blows it's upper torso clean off.
               O'Connell pumps the gun, the huge spent cartridge flips
               through the air. He FIRES again. BLASTS the other mummy,
               b1ows this one's torso clean off as well. The smoke clears.
               The two sets of LEGS keep walking forward, unaffected by the
               loss of their upper torsos.

               O'Connell can't believe it.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         Oh come on, gimme a break here. 

               And then the disemboweled upper torsos start to move, turning
               over and crawling towards our heroes, who start to back away.

               INT. CEMETERY -DAY

               Imhotep turns from the altar as he hears more GUNSHOTS
               echoing out of the passageways. He angrily reaches into
               another of Anck-su-namun's canopic jars, pulls out her crusty
               liver and crushes it to dust, then quickly starts reading a
               passage from the Book and BLOWS the dust down a passageway.

                                   IMHOTEP (ANCIENT EGYPTIAN - SUBTITLED)
                         Kill them! Kill them all! And bring
                         me the Book Of The Living!

               INT. TREASURE CHAMBER - DAY

               A dusty BREEZE blows into the chamber as O'Connell, Jonathan
               and Ardeth Bay back away from the mummy pieces. The floor
               where they were just standing suddenly STARTS TO MOVE. 

               Two more mummies slowly dig their way up out of the floor.
               More mummies start coming out of the walls and crawling out
               of the piles of gold. All the mummies head for our heroes. 

               O'Connell lifts the elephant gun. Ardeth Bay stops him.

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         My turn.

               Ardeth Bay OPENS UP with the Lewis gun. BLASTING the shit out
               of the mummies. They keep on coming. Even more now. 

               O'Connell OPENS FIRE with the elephant gun, pumping and
               FIRING as all three of the men back away and haul-ass. The
               mummies and mummy pieces follow them into the passageway. 

               Then Beni creeps into the chamber. He stares in wonder at all
               the treasure. Then falls backwards into a pile of jewels and
               rolls about.

               INT. CEMETERY - DAY

               Evelyn-wakes up, lying chained to the top of the altar. She
               blinks then turns her head, --and looks right into the ROTTED
               FACE of Anck-su-namun's corpse. Evelyn SCREAMS.

               INT. LABYRINTH PASSAGEWAYS - DAY

               The elephant gun FIRES, blasting FLAME and SMOKE right into
               the LENS. O'Connell, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay race down a
               passageway, a dozen mummies striding after them.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         This whole place is comin, alive! 

               The men race around a corner. More mummies. They race around
               another corner. More mummies. Onward they come. Methodical.
               Relentless. Boxing in our heroes O'Connell and Ardeth Bay
               FIRING as they go. Ardeth Bay goes empty.

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         I'm out

               He throws the machine-gun down and they all race into--

               HORUS CHAMBER - DAY

               --A small chamber. The lower half of the giant statue of
               HORUS stands in the middle of the chamber.

                                   JONATHAN
                         There he is!

               They run up to the base of the statue,

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         Hello Horus old boy. 

               O'Connell looks back at the mummies coming down the
               passageway. He reaches into his gunny-sack and pulls out a
               stick of dynamite. Ardeth Bay taps him on the shoulder.

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         Allow me.

               O'Connell hands him the dynamite and a match, then turns to
               look at the statue. Ardeth Bay reaches forward and strikes
               the match off O'Connell's stubbly face. O'Connell YELPS. 

               Ardeth Bay lights the dynamite and throws it down the
               passageway. They all hit the deck. The dynamite EXPLODES.
               Ripping apart the creatures, causing a CAVE-IN and sealing
               the passageway with rock and dirt. Now there's only one way
               out --another dark, creepy passageway.

               INT. CEMETERY

               Chained tight to the top of the altar, Evelyn hopelessly
               struggles to free herself. She stops as Priest mummies start
               surrounding the altar. Evelyn is horrified as the hideous
               mummies kneel down and begin to CHANT --which now sounds even
               more horrific due to the lack of tongues, jaws and mouths in
               the room. 

               Imhotep steps up carrying the black Book Of The Dead. His
               hand reaches out and lovingly caresses Anck-su-namun's
               decayed cheek.

               INT. HORUS CHAMBER - DAY

               O'Connell and Jonathan are digging away at the seams of the
               secret compartment, it starts to give. And that's when Ardeth
               Bay spots another group of rotting mummies coming down the
               dark passageway, heading right for them. O'Connell looks up.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         These guys just don't quit. 

               Ardeth Bay grabs the elephant gun and a handful of shells and
               runs off towards the mummies.

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         Keep digging!

               O'Connell and Jonathan redouble their efforts, pulling harder
               on the seam. The compartment starts to loosen. About to give.
               The last time this happened, salt acid sprayed out, remember?
               Our heroes keep tugging. The tension mounts ...

               And that's when a SKELETAL HAND BURSTS UP OUT OF THE GROUND
               and grabs O'Connell's ankle. Several more moldy hands BURST
               up out of the ground. O'Connell and Jonathan struggle with
               the mummies as they crawl up out of the dirt floor. 

               One of the mummies violently shoves O'Connell away. Another
               grabs Jonathan by the throat and starts to strangle him. A
               third mummy grabs at the secret compartment and pulls hard.

               AN INTENSE BURST OF ACID SPRAYS OUT OF THE SEAM AND HITS ALL
               THREE OF THE MUMMIES. The one strangling Jonathan gets it in
               the back and drops him. All three mummies melt horribly.

               INT. CEMETERY

               Imhotep begins to read from The Book Of The Dead. A large
               SWIRLING HOLE starts to open in the detritus bog. Evelyn's
               eyes widen in amazement and horror.

               IINT. HORUS CHAMBER - DAY

               Ardeth Bay BLASTS AWAY at the oncoming mummies. 

               Over at the base of the statue, O'Connell and Jonathan pull
               an ornate chest out of the secret compartment. O'Connell rips
               off the lid, reaches inside and pulls out a heavy burlap bag.
               He and Jonathan exchange nervous, excited looks. Then he
               reaches into the bag and slowly pulls out the SOLID GOLD Book
               Of The Living- GOLDEN LIGHT reflects off their faces as they
               stare at it in wonder. 

               The elephant gun goes empty. Ardeth Bay takes it by the
               barrel and wades into the remaining mummies swinging.

                                   ARDETH BAY
                         Save the girl! Kill the creature! 

               The mummies quickly overwhelm and start to tear him apart.
               O'Connell lights the last stick of dynamite and throws it
               against the far wall. He and Jonathan hit the deck.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         That's the last one, we better get
                         lucky.

               The wall BLOWS. Debris COLLAPSES, --but now here's a hole for
               them to get out. O'Connell and Jonathan race out through the
               hole just as the remaining mummies enter the chamber.

               EXT. HAMUNAPTRA RUINS - DAY

               Outside, Beni staggers across the sand with a saddlebag
               filled with treasure. He throws it over the rear of a camel.
               Starts to climb up. Hesitates. Looks back at the temple door.
               Licks his lips. And then his greed gets the better of him and
               he quickly climbs down and scurries back towards the door.

               INT. CEMETERY - DAY

               Imhotep READS from the Book. The rotten Priest-mummies rock
               back and forth, CHANTING. Evelyn struggles. Then suddenly,
               the strange MIST wafts up out of the swirling hole and over
               to the sacred jars, it passes through them and into Evelyn.
               Evelyn JERKS as though she's been electrified. 

               The MIST passes through her and into Anck-su-namun's body.
               The CHANTING PRIESTS, SWIRLING HOLE, WAFTING MIST and
               IMHOTEPIS READINGS reach a crescendo. Anck-su-namun's crusty
               EYELIDS suddenly POP OPEN. Evelyn stares at her in disbelief. 

               Anck-su-namun's rotted head turns and looks at Evelyn with
               empty sockets. Evelyn freaks out and struggles wildly, then
               she notices Imhotep holding the ancient sacrificial knife.

                                   IMHOTEP (SUBTITLED)
                         With your death, my love and I will
                         be invincible! 

               He raises it up over Evelyn's chest, about to plunge it down.
               Evelyn's eyes widen in horror And that's when O'Connell and
               Jonathan BURST IN. Imhotep spins around and faces them.
               Jonathan beams as he holds up the golden Book Of The Living.

                                   JONATHAN
                         I found it, Evy! I found it!

                                   EVELYN
                         Shut-up and get me off of here! 

               O'Connell grabs an ancient sword out of a statue's hand,
               jumps up onto a gravestone and leaps out over the Priests.
               The Priest-mummies stop chanting. The MIST vanishes.
               Imhotep steps forward. O'Connell STRIKES the sacrificial
               knife out of his hand. Imhotep BELLOWS a command. The Priests
               stand up, swords and knives in hand, they ATTACK O'Connell.

               EVERYTHING HAPPENS AT ONCE, READ FASTER:

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         Open the book, Jonathan! Open the
                         book! That's the only way to kill
                         him!

               O'Connell RACKS and CHOPS at the attacking Priest-mummies,
               fighting his way to Evelyn. The skeletal creatures wildly
               SWING their swords, trying to STAB O'Connell. Jonathan
               fumbles with the book, struggling to open it, --he can't.

                                   JONATHAN
                         I can't open it! It's locked or
                         something!

               O'Connell CUTS two of the mummies in half, then swings his
               sword down at Evelyn, --CLANG! One chain breaks free.
               Jonathan spots a series of SOLID GOLD, FOUR-SIDED LOCKS along
               the binder. It hits him like lightning--

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         We need the key!

               Imhotep grins, then grabs the KEY/BOX hanging from a chain
               around his neck, rips it off and shoves it into his pocket He
               picks up the sacrificial sword and heads for Jonathan.

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         What do I do, Evy!? What do I do!?

                                   EVELYN
                         Read the inscription on the cover! 

               O'Connell swings his sword down again, --CLANG! Evelyn now
               has one hand and one leg free. More mummies attack O'Connell
               force him back.

               Jonathan quickly starts translating the cover inscription,
               but his ancient Egyptian is clearly awful.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Keetash-something, naraba
                         something. 

               Jonathan starts to backpedal through the cemetery, clutching
               the golden book; wide-eyed, as Imhotep moves in on him.

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         Ebarra im hatu Kashka ummmmm--?

               Jonathan trips and falls on his ass.  Imhotep CHARGES
               FORWARD. O'Connell SLASHES another chain. Only one more left
               holding Evelyn. Jonathan sits up and quickly looks back at
               the cover.

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         Rasheem Aaaaa ANUBIS! 

               Imhotep raises the sacrificial sword, about to kill Jonathan.
               And that's when the giant statue of Anubis suddenly CRASHES
               through the wall --shades of Ray Harryhausen, only better.
               The god of Deaths, horrible, decrepit STONE FACE stares
               angrily down. Jonathan stares back.

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         Oh boy

               O'Connell DECAPITATES a mummy and looks up at Anubis.

                                   O'CONNELL (SARCASTIC)
                         This just keeps gettin, better and
                         better. 

               Imhotep leaves Jonathan and heads for the giant statue.
               O'Connell leaps over and with one last swing of the sword,
               frees Evelyn from her chains. More Priest-mummies attack,
               forcing him away. 

               Evelyn jumps off the altar and starts to head for O'Connell, 
               -a SKELETAL HAND grabs her! Spins her around. It's Anck-su
               namun's rotted corpse. Evelyn reacts. 

               Imhotep looks up at Anubis, points to O'Connell, and in
               ANCIENT EGYPTIAN commands him to attack. Anubis moves for
               O'Connell, STOMPING over mausoleums and through the detritus
               moat on his way. O'Connell quickly backs away.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         Do something, Jonathan! Kill it!

                                   JONATHAN
                         You have got to be joking? 

               Evelyn is backing away from Anck-su-namun.

                                   EVELYN
                         Finish the inscription, idiot!

                                   JONATHAN
                         Oh.

               Anck-su-namun ATTACKS Evelyn. Evelyn fends her off as best
               she can. Jonathan quickly looks back at the hieroglyphs on
               the book cover, fumbling badly under the pressure-

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         Ummm, Hootash im .... Hootash im
                         now what is this last symbol here?

                                   EVELYN
                         What's it look like!? 

               Anck-su-namun grabs Evelyn by the throat. The statue of
               Anubis corners O'Connell, reaches down and GRABS him with
               it's MASSIVE TALONS. 

               O'Connell HACKS away at it. Jonathan stares at the
               inscription, slightly oblivious.

                                   JONATHAN
                         It's an Anck symbol, with two
                         little squiggly lines above it, and
                         a bird, a stork on either side! 

               Evelyn is being STRANGLED by Anck-su-namun,

                                   EVELYN
                         -Ah! Ah! Ahmenophus!

                                   JONATHAN
                         Yes, ...I see.

               The talons lift O'Connell up and start to CRUSH him.

                                   JONATHAN (CONT'D)
                         Hootash im Ahmenophus! 

               The giant statue of Anubis instantly freezes in it's tracks
               and PETRIFIES. It's off balance. Starts to fall. O'Connell
               slides free of it's talons. 

               Evelyn SHOVES Anck-su-namun away, Anck-su-namun looks up and
               opens her fetid mouth to scream just as Anubis CRASHES DOWN
               on top of her, SMASHING HER to powder and DRIVING her into
               the ground.

               Imhotep SHRIEKS in rage and horror, then turns and angrily
               heads for Jonathan. Jonathan, sitting on his ass, quickly
               backpedals on his hands and heels. 

               O'Connell leaps to his feet, sword in hand and runs for
               Imhotep. Imhotep grabs Jonathan, lifts him up, rips the
               golden Book Of The Living out of his hand and pins him to a
               wall.

               O'Connell runs up and swings his sword at Imhotep, --WAP!
               SLICES Imhotep's 'right arm off. It drops to the ground,
               still clutching The Book Of The Living. 

               Imhotep drops Jonathan and spins around, facing O'Connell.
               O'Connell grins.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Okay pal, let's see how tough you
                         are without your right arm. 

               Imhotep grabs O'Connell with his left arm and THROWS him half
               way across the cemetery. O'Connell SLAMS into a gravestone,
               bounces off and crashes to the ground. He shakes it off.

                                   O'CONNELL (CONT'D)
                         Alright, ...so he's left handed.

               Imhotep is already striding towards him. 

               Jonathan lifts up his hand, --HE HAS THE KEY/BOX BACK! He
               smiles at Evelyn.

                                   JONATHAN
                         I got it!

               Evelyn runs for Jonathan. O'Connell SWINGS his sword and
               CLEAVES a big chunk of molten flesh rot out of Imhotep's
               stomach on the outside, Imhotep looks human, but on the
               inside he is still a rotten old mummy. Imhotep BACKHANDS
               O'Connell. Knocks him twenty feet back. O'Connell staggers to
               his feet. Imhotep is right there. CLUBS him hard with his
               left arm. O'Connell spins through the air, SLAMS into the
               side of a mausoleum. Imhotep approaches, rage in his eyes. 

               O'Connell gets up, quickly pivots and HACKS into Imhotep's
               head. Imhotep grins and PUNCHES O'Connell in the face.
               O'Connell is thrown back, pulling his sword with him. He
               bounces hard off the mausoleum. Lands on his feet. Totally
               beat-to-shit. Knees buckling. He can barely stand. 

               Jonathan lifts up the heavy gold book, --Imhotep's severed
               hand still clings to it. Jonathan cringes in disgust. Evelyn
               yanks it off, throws it away, then start furiously working
               the key into the series of locks, unlocking each of them. 

               Imhotep strides forward. 

               O'Connell backs into the mausoleum, swings the sword, Imhotep
               tries to catch it, --it CLEAVES through his palm and deeply
               imbeds itself into his forearm. No matter, Imhotep rips the
               sword away from O'Connell and casually flings it away. 

               The golden Book Of The Living opens with a HISS. Jonathan
               holds it tight as Evelyn quickly turns the heavy gold pages
               Looking for something. 

               O'Connell turns to run, but Imhotep grabs him by the throat
               and lifts him off his feet. O'Connell hangs there, a dazed
               mess. Imhotep grins, says something in ANCIENT EGYPTIAN, then
               starts to strangle O'Connell. O'Connell chokes. About to die. 

               Evelyn turns and faces Imhotep and reads an inscription:

                                   EVELYN
                         Kadeesh mal! Kadeesh mal! Pared
                         oos! PARED OOS!! 

               Imhotep pivots and looks at Evelyn, a look of sheer terror on
               his face. 

               Then he looks over at the detritus bog. Which starts to
               BUBBLE and SHIFT. The SWIRLING HOLE begins to open. And then
               suddenly THE SPIRITS OF THE EGYPTIAN GODS waft out of the
               black bog and SWIRL around the Priest-mummies. The mummies
               all collapse and turn to dust. And then the spirits attack
               Imhotep. Lifting him and O'Connell up into the air.

               Imhotep let's go of O'Connell, who falls to the ground.
               Evelyn and Jonathan fearfully stumble away from the spirits,
               Jonathan trips and falls and accidentally throws The Book of
               The Living into the detritus bog. Evelyn watches as the
               golden book sinks into the black putrescence. Jonathan looks
               like he's about to cry. Ten feet off the ground, the spirits
               SWIRL around Imhotep's body, TWISTING IT and TURNING IT and
               slowly SHRIVELING IT. 

               Accompanied by the same strange FLASHING LIGHT we saw at the
               beginning of the movie when Anck-su-namun was cursed one last
               HUGE FLASH, accompanied by a BLAST OF WIND, and Imhotep is
               spit out and thrown to the floor. He staggers to his feet, he
               looks perfectly normal. His body is completely intact. 

               O'Connell swings his sword. Imhotep jerks back. The sword
               scrapes Imhotep's chest, --a swath of blood appears across
               Imhotep's chest where the sword hit him. Imhotep touches the
               blood on his chest, amazed and horrified. He's mortal.
               O'Connell runs Imhotep through with the sword and shoves him
               backwards. Imhotep stumbles back and falls into the detritus
               bog. The sword still in his stomach.
               Evelyn and Jonathan run up next to O'Connell. They watch as
               Imhotep gently sinks into the fetid swamp, slowly dying. And
               then, just before his head goes under, Imhotep looks up at
               them, grins broadly, and says something in ANCIENT EGYPTIAN.
               Evelyn translates:

                                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
                         Death is only the beginning.
                         Imhotep's grinning face vanishes
                         under the black bile

               STAFF CHAMBER - DAY

               Beni staggers across a chamber, straining under the weight of
               another saddlebag filled with treasure. He spots a large,
               ornate STAFF sticking out of a wall. He throws the saddlebag
               over the staff and collapses against the wall. Exhausted. A
               BEAT. And then the weight of the treasure PULLS THE STAFF
               DOWN. Which starts a massive AURAL CHAIN-REACTION. 

               Beni backs away from the wall, wide-eyed, filled with fear.
               ALL THE WALLS START TO SINK INTO THE GROUND. Driven by tons
               of pouring sand. Beni turns and hauls-ass out of the chamber.

               CEMETERY - DAY

               O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan look around as all the walls
               start to DESCEND. O'Connell grabs Evelyn's hand.

                                   O'CONNELL
                         C'mon!

               He pulls her forward and all three of them race past sinking
               pillars. They duck as they run into a descending doorway.

               INT. PASSAGEWAY - DAY

               Beni scampers down a passageway, the ceiling getting lower
               and lower until he has to crouch. And then he has to stick
               the TORCH between his teeth and crawl on his hands and knees

               INT. TREASURE CHAMBER - DAY

               O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan crouch-run into the treasure
               chamber. Evelyn skids to a stop. Looks in wonder at all the
               treasure. SAND rains down on them. O'Connell grabs her again
               and quickly pulls her through the mounds of treasure towards
               a SINKING DOORWAY on the far side of the room. The SOUND of
               the sinking walls is deafening. 

               Beni crouch-runs into the treasure chamber. O'Connell, Evelyn
               and Jonathan race past him.
               He joins them as they run up a staircase heading for a
               DESCENDING DOORWAY, which is already half gone, it's now only
               four feet high -- now three feet high -- now two feet.
               Jonathan dives through the narrow gap.

                Then O'Connell dives through, he spins around. Evelyn dives,
               but gets stuck in the middle, about to get cut in half.
               O'Connell grabs her arm and YANKS her through in the nick of
               time. Beni reaches through the narrowing gap with his hand--

                                   BENI
                         O'CONNELL!!

               O'Connell grabs it, but it's too late. Beni yanks his hand
               back just as the top of the door CRASHES to the floor.

                Sealing him in. Beni quickly crawls back down the stairs as
               the ceiling SLAMS down behind him. He stands up and looks
               around with his diminishing torch. All the doorways FINISH
               CLOSING. There's no way out. He's trapped. And then he hears
               something, and turns around. Over in the corner, a scarab
               beetle stares at him, CHITTERING. Beni waves his flickering
               torch at the scarab and backs away.

                                   BENI (CONT'D)
                         Go away.

               He stands in the middle of the treasure chamber as dozens
               upon dozens of scarabs boil up out of the floor around him.
               Beni is absolutely terrified. The scarabs start to move in.
               And that's when Beni's torch goes out. PITCH BLACK. A BEAT.
               And then we hear Beni start SCREAMING in horror and pain. And
               the scarabs CHITTERING hungrily.

               EXT. HAMUNAPTRA - DAY

               The temple COLLAPSES as O'Connell, Evelyn, Jonathan and a
               pack of stray camels race through the ruins. A SINKING
               CREVICE DROPS OUT right behind them. Chasing them out through
               the front gates. The whole place RUMBLES ominously. They make
               it down the ramp as more ruins CRASH DOWN behind them. A
               MASSIVE CLOUD OF SAND AND DUST billows out over the wall and
               into the air our heroes and all the stray camels race out
               into the desert ..........

                                                   SLOW DISSOLVE TO:

               EXT. PLATEALT - DAY

               O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan stand in the middle of the
               plateau, surrounded by stray camels. They stare off at the
               sandy, dusty, volcano as it continues to RUMBLE-ominously.

                                   JONATHAN
                         Well, ...I guess we go home empty
                         handed.

               O'Connell looks at Evelyn

                                   O'CONNELL
                         Wouldn't say that. 

               Evelyn returns the look, A BEAT, and then she wraps-her arms
               around his neck and kisses him. O'Connell returns it.
               Jonathan just rolls his eyes, snorts in disgust and climbs up
               onto a camel.

               When the kiss is-over, O'Connell and Evelyn share a smile,
               then O'Connell leaps up into the saddle, reaches down, grabs
               Evelyn's hand and pulls her up behind him. Evelyn wraps her
               arms around his waist. O'Connell and Jonathan slap the reins.

                                   O'CONNELL/JONATHAN
                         TUK-TUK-TUK!!

               The camels start to move out. WE PAN DOWN: to the saddlebag
               behind Evelyn, hidden under the closed back flap, --we can
               see that it's filled with Beni's stolen TREASURE.

               O'Connell, Evelyn and Jonathan ride off into the SUNSET.
                                                                    THE END
