When a famous French museum is missing several rare and valuable Egyptian pieces that are soon scheduled to be on exhibition, they hire Charlie Chan (Warner Olan) to come to Egypt and investigate. What Chan discovers is two dead bodies that have no visible cause for their death. Some think it is a curse for opening the tombs but Chan suspects it is something more earthly. He quickly discovers who is behind the murders and what it is that they seek. Meanwhile, the artifacts are being auctioned off to private collectors. Will Charlie be able to stop more murders and save the collections before it is too late?