A year after his previous encounter with the mummy, Gabe flies back to Egypt to attend the grand public opening of the pyramid Uncle Ben was excavating in the last book. Nila Rahmad, a reporter for the Cairo Sun, accompanies Uncle Ben as he opens the tomb. After finding a live mummy, Nila reveals that she is the mummy's sister and is over 4000 years old.
12 year-old Gabe Hassad is spending Christmas vacation in Egypt with his parents. He is invited to explore a tomb by his Uncle Ben, an excursion on which he gets lost, and encounters some of its ancient residents.
From the chemicals Egyptians used to embalm their mummies, to the artifacts buried with bodies to take into the afterlife, this book lets your child learn about the varied ways by people have preserved the dead.
