The scene opens with a flashback to the days of the previous king of Egypt, who was captured by the Hittites and killed by the current king. The flashback shows that the current King of Egypt has returned to his homeland and is being followed by a woman who looks like the former queen of Egypt. The woman is wearing the same clothes as the previous queen, and the flashback reveals that the woman has been sent to harm the King's highness. The new queen has not sent any troops to the Sinai, the island in the Mediterranean that is Egypt's border with Syria. The old queen, however, had sent troops to help the new queen fight off the attack of the enemy, but the new king has refused to send troops to fight the enemy. Now that the old queen has been captured, the new King has no choice but to send his troops to defend the island from the attack.