From the Amelia Peabody Mysteries Series. With the lengthy ban on their archaeological activities lifted, Amelia Peabody and her family have returned to the Valley of the Kings in 1922 to delve once more into the age-old mysteries buried in Egypts ever-shifting sands. But a widows strange story is about to plunge them into a world of intrigue and adventure. The woman has come bearing an ill-gotten treasure a golden likeness of a forgotten king, which she claims, is cursed. Already, she insists, it has taken the life of her husband, and its next victim might well be Amelia Peabody herself.