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Dominoes one ‘OxFoRD rHE CURSE OF THE CURSE THE MUMMY JOYCE HANNAN MISERY PRISE sonouncami 1 ook tthe plan of Tuan’ tam wes Howard arth found Math the cle wih he aome pla. 2 metre then om Wt ooh “Put them if order. Number them 1=8. Pf (alr sma Congr Chapter | Where are Tutankhamun’s treasures? August 4h 192 The Ville of the Kings Sere Tam a sin he Valley ofthe Kis! 1 valley in the desert with lots of ana and the tombs of deal Faypian kings in tok ws long time to get ee. and te all lt very hot when we arrived, but that doesn't ater ow I's gon to be here Tr happy oe working with Me Carter Las of youn, nen wid to work th him nthe Walley of the Kings but te took me because of my father. My father and Mr Carter are good trends. They often meet a the museum ln Caio, My fate works there. Also, Tm a good artist. An! know a lot about Tutankhamun, 0, Did you Iino he ws # king when was only ine years ld? But hue wash't king for very long. He dled winen he was geen That's only one year ole than me! Why dil he ‘hiethen? Perhaps wecan find the answer when wend his fon. Me Carter thinks i's dhe Valley of the Kings. He em ooking fr ive years apo. and he doesnt want 10 sion Some people think he's eray, but don't. Neary all the other la gypaan kings have tomb hee, so why not Tuan? ‘There are about twenty of us, men en boys, working Fare inthe valley. Perhaps lean make fends later but or ‘now Fm going to wrt this lary and my dary canbe my friend. There aren't any shops of cinemas here, Tee Something todo in the evenings. And perhaps one day pope ae going to want to read my diay. Why? Wel, pethaps we're going to find Tutankhamun tomb, or @ ferent kings tombs or some new treasures. Egyptian tombs have ts of tesuresin them, yo know gol and Jewels. Dut thleves took tsasures fom many of the tombs in the past. And there are tomb thieves in ayo today; to, Peope come from all ove the wordt look fae sol and jewels: When they nd a tomb, they takai the treasure home tothe countries. think thats wey bad Fm happy to say Me Carer is motte He says Feypton treasures most stay In Egypt. think he’s right But our work's not going tobe eas. Mr Carter has oy ‘one year now to nd Tutankhamun's tm He's gota ich {ren Lord Carnarvon, and he gives Mr Carter money to help with our work Lord Carnarvon likes Egypt fot and hheloves old Egyptian teases He's it tof them nis home nFngland. Butter giving Mr Carter mony for fre yrs he must be caefl, Not ong ago he calle Mr Carter to England and to him. ‘Only one more year loking for

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