The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb by Candace Fleming

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5 stars

Candace Fleming did a wonderful job with the telling of the story of two friends Howard Carter and George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, and their quest to find Tutankhamun's tomb. The first chapter goes into reasons why King Tut’s Mummy has not been found and then each chapter after that explains each milestone with the exploration and a little on what was going on behind the scenes. The pictures throughout the whole book are wonderful to look at and help put you in the place and time when all this took place. Candace's writing style completes the picture. Example. "Closing his fingers around it, he drew the bolt back. Then carefully...slowly...he opened the double doors. The ancient hinges creaked and Carter's light caught the curves of a delicate canopy sewn with golden rosettes-a funerary pull." This type of writing gives me goosebumps.

Included is a map of Egypt, a timeline of Dynastic periods, a brief bibliography, primary and secondary sources list, source notes, Photograph and illustration credits list, and an Index. The book would a great for a research paper for ages group 5th to 12th but I believe adults would appreciate it too.