Maps of Movies

The Mummy (1999)

Where The Mummy says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The Cairo of the Mummy was Marrakesh, the lost city was a Moroccan rock, and its tunnels were a studio in England.

Scenes and places

Thebes, 1290 BC: the priest and the Pharaoh's mistress (-1290)

Pharaoh Seti I discovers that his high priest Imhotep is having an affair with his mistress Anck-su-namun. The two kill Seti, and Imhotep is later cursed and buried alive, which sets the story in motion.

Set in Thebes, Egypt — The Pharaoh's palace, where the affair and the murder take place.

Thebes was the ancient Egyptian capital on the Nile, near modern Luxor.

Evelyn's map in 1926 Cairo (1926)

Jonathan Carnahan presents his sister Evelyn, a librarian and aspiring Egyptologist, with an intricate box and a map to the lost city of Hamunaptra. She wants to find the golden Book of Amun-Ra there.

Set in Cairo, 1926 — The street and museum where Evelyn works. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Evelyn works for the museum curator Dr. Terence Bey in the film's Cairo.

Filmed at Marrakesh, Morocco — The Cairo street scenes were shot in Marrakesh; the exact spot is not given in the cited pages. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Freeing Rick from the Cairo prison (1926)

Evelyn bargains with a corrupt prison warden to free the jailed adventurer Rick O'Connell. Rick found Hamunaptra years earlier and can lead them to it.

Set in Cairo prison — Where Rick O'Connell is held until Evelyn secures his release. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The prison scene has no filming spot named in the cited pages.

The Giza port on the Nile (1926)

Rick, Evelyn and Jonathan set out toward Hamunaptra from the busy Nile port, among market stalls, carts and vendors.

Set in Giza Port, Nile — The harbour the group leaves from (Giza city point; the exact port is not given). Google Maps · Apple Maps

In the film the port is on the Nile at Giza; the set was built from scratch.

Filmed at Chatham Dockyard, Kent — The dockyards at Chatham doubled for the Giza Port on the Nile River; a 600 ft set was built here. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead (1926)

The group finds itself competing with an American expedition among the ruins. Evelyn, Rick and Jonathan accidentally discover Imhotep's mummified remains.

Set in Hamunaptra — The lost City of the Dead in the desert, a fictional place.

Hamunaptra is a fictional city in the film.

Filmed at Gara Medouar, near Erfoud, Morocco — Production designer Allan Cameron found this horseshoe-shaped geologic feature, where the exteriors for Hamunaptra were built. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Beneath Hamunaptra: the underground passages (1926)

That night Evelyn steals the Book of the Dead from the rival camp and, by reading it, accidentally awakens the mummified Imhotep.

Set in Hamunaptra, underground passages — The passageways under the City of the Dead, a fictional place.

The underground passageways were a set built over 16 weeks.

Filmed at Shepperton Studios, Surrey — All scenes involving the underground passageways of the City of the Dead were shot here. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Imhotep follows them back to Cairo (1926)

Imhotep follows the expeditions back to Cairo and unleashes the Plagues of Egypt. The group learns he wants to resurrect Anck-su-namun using Evelyn as a human sacrifice, and that they must return to Hamunaptra and find the Book of Amun-Ra.

Set in Cairo, 1926 (return) — The museum and the streets where the group is cornered by a mob. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The Cairo scenes were filmed in a less modern city that was easier to dress as the 1920s.

Filmed at Marrakesh, Morocco — Marrakesh stood in for Cairo; the exact spot is not given in the cited pages. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Back to Hamunaptra by plane and on foot (1926)

The group persuades pilot Winston Havelock to fly them back to Hamunaptra, but Imhotep conjures a magical sandstorm that crashes the plane. They reach the city on foot to find the Book of Amun-Ra and save Evelyn.

Set in Hamunaptra (return) — The City of the Dead where the final confrontation takes place, a fictional place.

The same desert location stands in for the city on the return trip.

Filmed at Gara Medouar, near Erfoud, Morocco — The same horseshoe-shaped formation used for the Hamunaptra exteriors. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Characters

• Rick O'Connell — An American adventurer and treasure hunter who discovered Hamunaptra while in the French Foreign Legion.
• Evelyn Carnahan — A librarian and aspiring Egyptologist who works for a Cairo museum curator.
• Imhotep — The high priest of Pharaoh Seti I, cursed and buried alive for the affair.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was The Mummy's Cairo really filmed?