A huge archaeological site in the Egyptian delta is being excavated. The work disturbs a team of Russian scientists/thugs who were using this previously unused site for their own purposes.Archaeology students, Lucy Phipps and her cousin, Toby, arrive to help her father, Professor Donald Phipps. They cause problems for the Russians, with unforeseen results. Kidnapping and a near drowning follow. A previously unknown tomb is guarding Russian secrets. Will the Russians blow it up before it can be documented?Will Don’s super rich American patron be impressed?Will Toby and Lucy’s relationship flourish or finish?
Are there emeralds still to be found at Sikait in the Mountains of the Eastern, Red Desert of Egypt bordering the Red Sea?
Donald Phipps, archaeologist, is fairly confident there must be some good stones left there although, since the time of Cleopatra two thousand years ago, nobody has really bothered to search for them. His ‘patron’, Solomon Hunter III, is arriving from New York, to see the stones. Where is Donald? He has vanished. Donald’s rogue brother, Alistair, comes to Egypt hoping to cash in on Don’s fortune. He steals the stones that have already been found, bolts and is found dead. His brother tries to report him dead, but gets locked up himself. For 6 weeks nobody knows where he is; is he dead or what? Don’s daughter and nephew travel to Egypt searching for him. Nobody knows anything.
This story ranges from the Red Sea, East of the Nile, to the West Bank and the Valley of the Kings. |
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