The Mummy Case
Paperback cover for The Mummy Case
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| Author | Elizabeth Peters |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Amelia Peabody mysteries |
| Genre | Historical mystery |
| Publisher | Congdon & Weed (dist. St. Martin's Press) |
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1985 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 313 pp |
| ISBN | (Congdon & Weed), 0312925476 (St. Martin's Press) |
| OCLC | 11290775 |
| 813/.54 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3563.E747 M8 1985 |
| Preceded by | The Curse of the Pharaohs |
| Followed by | Lion in the Valley |
The Mummy Case (1985) is the third of a series of historical mystery novels written by Elizabeth Peters and featuring the character Amelia Peabody.
Amelia and her husband, Professor Radcliffe Emerson, return to Egypt for the 1894-95 season to excavate the ruined pyramids of Mazghunah, which pale in comparison to the nearby dig at Dahshoor – but that is all Emerson could get after annoying the Department of Antiquities. On this trip, the Emersons bring along their young son Walter (aka Ramses) and his cat Bastet, along with a sturdy footman to keep Ramses out of trouble. This is Ramses' first trip to Egypt, after studying and hearing about it for all his young life.
While in Cairo, Amelia hears rumors of a scrap of papyrus which no one will confess to owning, but which has the local antiquities dealers living in fear of the man who is after it.
No sooner does the family settle in near their dig than they are paid a visit by a group of American missionaries who have set up shop nearby, then the rival archaeologist who did get permission to dig at Dahshoor, then a German noblewoman with more money than taste...and then a thief who steals one of the objects the Emersons find at Mazghunah, a mummy case.
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