The warm breeze of the desert ruffled his hair. 'Excuse me, Mama - a femur, I meant to say.' Ramses rose obediently. 'It is a femuw,' he said in a trembling voice. held up an object that looked like a broken branch. Squatting, he began to sift through the debris. This is Ramses' first trip to Egypt, after studying and hearing about it for all his young life.

On this trip, the Emersons bring along their young son Walter (aka Ramses) and his cat Bastet, along with a sturdy footman to keep Ramses out of trouble. The story is set in the 1894–1895 dig season in Egypt.Īmelia and her husband, Professor Radcliffe Emerson, return to Egypt for the 1894–95 season to excavate the ruined pyramids of Mazghunah, which pale in comparison to the nearby dig at Dahshoor – but that is all Emerson could get after annoying the Department of Antiquities. At the same time she has to keep an eagle eye on her wayward son Rameses and his elegant and calculating cat and look into the mysterious disappearance of a mummy case.The Mummy Case is the third of a series of historical mystery novels written by Elizabeth Peters and featuring the character Amelia Peabody.

Read more sinister-looking Egyptian spotted at the crime scene turns up in Mazghunah, Amelia can't resist following his trail. The dead man was an antiques dealer, killed in his shop, so when a. Nothing in this barren spot seems of any interest but then a murder in Cairo changes all of that. Denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor, Emerson is awarded instead the 'pyramids' of Mazghunah - countless mounds of rubble in the middle of nowhere. Join our plucky Victorian Egyptologist, together with her devastatingly handsome and brilliant husband Radcliffe, in another exciting escapade The irascible husband of Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Peabody is living up to his reputation as 'The Father of Curses'.

Nothing in this barren spot seems of any interest, but then a murder in Cairo changes all of that. Denied permission to dig at the Pyramids of Dahshoor, Emerson is awarded instead the 'Pyramids' of Mazghunah. The irascible husband of Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Peabody is living up to his reputation as 'The Father of Curses'. Description for The Mummy Case Paperback.

The mummy case by elizabeth peters