Rick O'Connell and Evelyn Carnarvon, the tough, wisecracking adventurer and the clumsy yet endearing librarian. Although the beginning of this story starts in the City of Thebes in Ancient Egypt and tells the tale of the ill-fated love of High Priest Imhotep and the Pharaoh's mistress Ank-Su-Namun.   They kill Seti and Ank-Su-Namun dies by her own hand.  Imhotep takes her body to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead to resurrect his love. He is stopped and for his part in the pharaoh's death, is condemned to be buried alive.3000 years later, Rick and Evie's adventure begins when she comes across a map to Hamunaptra.  Rick and Evie meet for the first time when he is in jail, condemned to hang.  He steals a kiss and tells her if she wants to know the location of Hamunaptra she needs to get him out of jail.  So begins the adventure and their love story.  They share humor, (Evie's drunk scene is a classic) , danger and finally love. It's a classic tale of rescuing the damsel in distress,( when Evie is chosen by the mummy to be his sacrifice in order to resurrect Ank-Su-Namun), and the good guy saves the day and gets the girl and even the treasure.