A FASCINATING EXPLORATION OF THE LIFE AND AFTERLIFE OF AN EGYPTIAN PHARAOHAND HIS PEOPLE, THIS BREATHTAKING BOOK BEGINS WITH AN ACCOUNT OF HOWARD CARTER''S DISCOVERY OF TUTANKHAMUN''S TOMB IN 1922. STRIKING PICTURES ILLUSTRATE THE MAGNIFICENCE OF THIS ERA AND TALES OF ROBBERY, CURSES AND TREASURE HUNTS TAKE THE READER ON AN ADVENTURE THROUGH THE HISTORY OF ONE OF THE WORLD''S FIRST GREAT CIVILIZATIONS.