The film tells the story of a prop from Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 film The Ten Commandments that was actually an authentic artifact from antiquity with cursed powers. In the modern day it resurfaces, leading to murder and mayhem.
Sands of Oblivion was featured in the 2016 documentary, The Lost City of Cecil B. DeMille, about the actual efforts to excavate the set of The Ten Commandments.[1]