Award-winning and critically acclaimed author Candace Fleming presents
the edge-of-your-seat true story of the search for Tutankhamun's tomb,
the Western public's belief that the dig was cursed, and the battle for
ownership of the treasures within.
During the reign of the New Kingdom of Egypt, the boy pharaoh
Tutankhamun ruled and died tragically young. In order to send him on his
way into the afterlife, his tomb was filled with every treasure he would
need after death. And then, it was lost to time, buried in the sands of
the Valley of the Kings.
His tomb was also said to be cursed.
Centuries later, as Egypt-mania gripped Europe, two Brits -- a rich earl
with a habit for gambling and a disreputable, determined archeologist --
worked for years to rediscover and open Tutankhamun's tomb. But once it
was uncovered, would ancient powers take their revenge for disturbing
and even looting the pharaoh's resting place? What else could explain
the mysterious illnesses, accidents, and deaths that began once it was
found?