In 1922 Howard Carter's discovery of King Tut's tomb brought an obscure branch of sudo-archeology to the forefront of the scientific and historical worlds. The study of Egyptology was now in high demand by college students and by 1924 Alexis Sampson had been swept up in the mystery. But was it her natural curiosty combined with the sudden fame of the subject that lured her into the scientific world or was it something else, something closer to her own personal history.