The Lure of Egypt plot
Professor Lampton's work excavating the tomb of Akhenaten is delayed by a lack of funds, and Prince Dagmar, scion of a Balkan royal family, finances him with the ulterior motive of robbing the tomb of its treasures. Michael Amory, an artist assisting Lampton, loves Margaret, but believing her to be in love with the prince, he departs with Gondo Koro, a Bedouin prophet who knows the tomb's location. Dagmar sends the adventurous Millicent to obtain the information from Michael, and when Dagmar enters the tomb at night, Michael surprises him. The thieves wound Michael, but they are captured, and he and Margaret reconcile.