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The Ballad Of The Mummy

Ancient Egypt
Time: nineteenth century / Ancient Egypt
The Romance of the Mummy
Author Theophile Gautier
Genre Historical novel
Publication date 1858
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The Romance of the Mummy is a novel by Theophile Gautier published in 1858.

Summary

Not far from the Nile in the Valley Biban el Molouk , a young English aristocrat, Lord Evandale, and a German scientist, Dr. Rumphius, discovered a tomb untouched thanks to the help of a Greek Argyropoulos. For over 3500 years, no one has set foot burial chambers where lies the sarcophagus of a pharaoh. But when open the heavy lid of basalt black, both men find, to their amazement, the perfectly preserved mummy of a young girl of outstanding natural beauty called Tahoser. After the discovery of the mummy is making a comeback in the past and you can read the history of the mummy and her lover, the Pharaoh. Tahoser was the daughter of a high priest of Egypt, who falls for a Hebrew. Tahoser in the book is ready to share the life of enslaved people, but his lover is kidnapped and offered him power and wealth ...