The Search for Tutankhamun (2005)

若き考古学者ダニエルは、70年前の謎の遺跡で発掘された巨大な「環」へと案内される。軍の依頼により、長年解読不可能だった石板に刻まれた古代文字を説き明かした途端、凄まじい轟音と光の渦の中で何千年もの間封印されていた「環」の力が解き放たれた。

1911年。フランス人ジャーナリストのアデルは、昏睡状態に陥ったままの妹を目覚めさせるため、古代エジプトの伝説に残る《復活の秘薬》を追い続けていた。やがて彼女は、エジプト第19王朝ファラオ・ラムセス2世の墓にその鍵が眠ると突き止める。一方そのころ、パリではなぜかジュラ紀の翼竜が卵の化石からよみがえり、市民を恐怖に陥れていた。エジプトから帰国したアデルは秘薬の行方と翼竜事件の重大な関係に気付き……。

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