The Unpardonable Heresy of Nefertiti

by Keith Slater

Why was Tutankhamen murdered? What happened to the body of Nefertiti? Who tried to erase all traces of Akhenaten? Why does the biblical story of Moses never appear in Egyptian records? These questions have been shrouded in mystery over three millennia. Then a Cambridge lecturer stumbles on a papyrus among abandoned material at the British Museum, suggesting that a previously unknown pharaoh may have lived in ancient Egypt, his tomb awaiting discovery. He decides to go to Egypt and persuades his engineer girlfriend to go along to help in surveying. There, they find that someone else is trying to get to the tomb and its treasure. After many adventures, they are convinced that a new pharaoh did indeed live in those turbulent times. They also uncover an ancient scandal that could have rocked Egypt to its foundations if it hadn t been suppressed by power-hungry people far more ruthless than any modern dictator.

185 pages, Paperback

First published October 3, 2005