Where They Went

The Mummy Returns (2001)

Directed by Stephen Sommers

In 1933 the O'Connells and their young son go from a Theban temple to London, where a cult revives Imhotep, and then back up the Nile after him to the hidden oasis of Ahm Shere.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Temple ruins
    Thebes (Luxor), Egypt
    ≈ 00:08:00
    Stated on screen

    Rick and Evelyn dig in a flooded temple and find the Bracelet of Anubis, which Alex later puts on.

  2. 1The cult's excavation
    Hamunaptra
    ≈ 00:10:00
    Stated on screenFictional

    A cult led by Meela and Hafez digs up Imhotep's remains in the City of the Dead.

  3. 2The O'Connells' house
    London, England
    ≈ 00:16:00
    Stated on screen

    Back home in London, the family is attacked by the cult and Evelyn is kidnapped.

  4. 3British Museum, London
    ≈ 00:24:00
    Stated on screen

    The cult revives Imhotep in the museum and Rick, Jonathan and Ardeth Bay rescue Evelyn.

  5. 4Double-decker bus chase
    London, England
    ≈ 00:34:00
    Inferred

    Mummy soldiers chase the family through London streets on a double-decker bus before Alex is snatched.

  6. 5Train departs
    Karnak Temple, Luxor
    ≈ 00:50:00
    Stated on screen

    Imhotep's party takes Alex by train from Karnak, and Alex starts leaving clues for his parents.

  7. 6Alex's clue
    Philae temple, Aswan, Egypt
    ≈ 01:00:00
    Inferred

    Following Alex's trail in Izzy's airship, the family visits the temple at Philae.

  8. 7Jungle oasis and pyramid
    Ahm Shere oasis (fictional)
    ≈ 01:12:00
    Stated on screenFictional

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
20,674 km
Places
7
Countries
2
Stops
8
  • Not shown: 20,288 km
  • Train: 385 km
  • Bus: 1.3 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

Spotted a mistake?

Every journey is checked against the film, but we can still get things wrong.