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While celebrating the end of World War I in a
Jerusalem nightclub, Leo meets Ustane, a half-caste slave who lures
him into a meeting with the beautiful Ayesha. Ayesha promises
him wealth and power if he will come with her to the mountain city
of Kuma, and she gives him a map and a ring. Major Holly,
Leo's friend, identifies the ring as a 2,000-year-old Egyptian
relic, and the map is revealed to be the key to the lost city of
Kuma.
Leo, Holly and their orderly, Job, set out into the
desert in search of the Mountains of the Moon. Ustane, who has
fallen in love with Leo, leads him to the village of the Amahaggers
where Ayesha's slaves are ruled by Ustane's father, Haumeid.
When the white men are about to be sacrificed, Billali, the high
priest, intervenes and brings Leo to Queen Ayesha. Ayesha
explains that she has ruled for 2,000 years and claims that Leo is
the reincarnation of her lover, Killikrates, whom she murdered out
of jealousy.
Unable to resist her, Leo follows her into the flame
of eternal youth, but because the flame can only be entered once,
Ayesha disintegrates into ash. Holly and Job depart, knowing
that Leo will have to wait another 2,000 years before the blue flame
reappears and releases him from immortality. |
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