The Curse of King Tut's Mummy (Totally True Adventures) How a Lost Tomb Was Found

by Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner; Nelson, James

• ISBN13: 9780375838620
• ISBN10: 0375838627
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-23
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Summary

When the pharoahs of Egypt died, they were mummified and buried in pyramids and tombs with all their riches. But as centuries passed, the tombs were looted and the pharoahs' gold stolen. Then Howard Carter found the greatest Egyptian treasure trove of allthe tomb of King Tut's mummy! But did the amazing treasure come with a deadly curse?

Author Biography

Besides her two other Stepping Stones, Fossil Fever and Amazon Fever, Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld has also written Dinosaur Parents, Dinosaur
Young, which was voted an Outstanding Science Trade Book for K-12 by the CBC and NSTA. She lives in Berkeley, California.

Jim Nelson lives in Chicago, Illinois. He has been represented in the juried annual "Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art." He's fond of
animals, cartoons, books, chocolate, robots, movies, monsters, music and, of course, drawing. He is not fond of lima beans.

Jim has a lifelong interest in ancient civilizations, but he has never discovered a tomb nor, to his knowledge, has he been cursed.