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  • The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb

The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb

Publication Date
September 07, 2021
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb
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Description
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?
Publication date
September 07, 2021
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781338596618
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
BISAC categories
JNF025010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Africa
JNF025080 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Exploration & Discovery
JNF052010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science | Archaeology
Library of Congress categories
History
Excavations (Archaeology)
Egypt
Blessing and cursing
Antiquities
Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C
Tutankhamen
Tomb
Valley of the Kings (Egypt)
Valley of the Kings
Carter, Howard
Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux He
Candace Fleming
Candace Fleming is the author of more than twenty distinguished books for children including The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of Imperial Russia, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction, the NCTE Orbus Pictus Award, and a Sibert Honor, among other awards.

Eric Rohmann is the award-winning author and/or illustrator of many beloved books for children. He received a Caldecott Honor for Time Flies and a Caldecott medal for My Friend Rabbit.

Candace and Eric's other collaborations include Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen as well as the popular "Bulldozer" books. They live in Chicago, Illinois.