The story of Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon's discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun has intrigued and concerned Egyptologists for many years. With countless rumours of illicit behaviour, of curses, conversations said to have taken place, various condemning letters, claims and counter-claims by individuals associated with Carter and Carnarvon, suspicious events and circumstantial evidence, this is not a straightforward story. Collins and Ogilvie review the evidence for the discovery of the tomb, accepting some parts of the 'official' story, whilst refuting and disproving others. In particular they focus on papyri which are claimed to have been found in the tomb, but which subsequently disappeared. Said to have contained important evidence linking the pharaohs with the biblical Exodus, challenging the traditional identity of Moses, the conquest of Canaan and the origins of the Jewish religion, this is controversial stuff. Much more than a piece of 'detective history' this book is a detailed and probing account of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb and the conspiracy that surrounded it. Read Less