The story begins in Giza Egypt 1928 at an archeological dig. A Dr. Langford and his daughter Catherine are there to see a new archeological find. On their way Catherine stops and among many of the antiquities she finds a pendant. Her father calls her and they move on to see the new find. A huge metallic ring unlike anything ever found before.

The time line moves on to the present day. Catherine now an elderly woman recruits a young archaeologist by the name of Daniel Jackson, to help translate the writings on the Cartouche that covered the ring when it was found.

It takes Daniel two weeks to complete the work. He discoverers that the glyphs on the cartouche are not writings to be translated but instead star constellations representing an address of a body in space

Armed with this new information General West gives the OK to attempt to fire up the Stargate. The attempt is successful and a probe is sent through the gate.

With Daniel's assurance that he can find the return address needed by the Stargate a reconnaissance mission to the new planet is authorized, it's

leader Jack O'Neil, a highly decorated and experienced soldier. On their arrival the team find themselves in the bowels of a very large Egyptian pyramid. Seeking further information they head for the surface where they encounter desert.

Despite his assurances Daniel can not get the team home. The information is obtained after the team encounter the local Abydonian people led by Kasuf.

Returning to the Pyramid the team find that their base camp has vanished and a large space ship is sitting on top of the pyramid. Entering it they are captured by Ra's body guards and sentenced to death, their executioner is to be Daniel.

Daniel however shoots at Ra rather than his friends and they disappear into a crowd. Now aided by the locals a last ditch attempt to stop Ra takes place.

Aided by Skaara and his friends the team break into the pyramid in an attempt to stop Ra sending a bomb through the Stargate. They succeed in their mission and manage to transport the bomb onto Ra's ship using his own technology. Ra and his followers are all killed in the resulting explosion, leaving the locals free.

The remainder of the team return to Earth but Daniel remains with his new wife Sha're, an unexpected gift from Kasuf, the leader of the Abydonians.