I'm writing this to ask you to read my "Mummy" story. I've worked very hard on it and thought I am not yet finished, I'd appreciate it if you'd take a look at it.
I only borrowed three characters from the movie, but hope I have done right by them. One thing I would like to add is this is a 90% original story. I didn't re-tell material from the movie, I really don't like to see fan fiction written this way. Ardeth plays a major role, along with Evie and Rick. I also try to introduce you to a little "real" Egyptian history! Again, I hope you check it out, people do seem to like it, so if I can interest you that would be nice.
Intro:
Tomb robbing has been a tradition in Egypt since time immemorial. Not just the tombs in the Valley of the Kings or the Pyramids, or their nobles, even the tombs of the pre-dynastic rulers fell victim, much to the dismay of archaeologists who found them empty. Only Tutankhamen's contained most of its contents and there was evidence that the tomb had been broken into not once, but perhaps twice.
The sentences for robbing the pharaohs' graves were harsh and carried out without mercy. No wonder some resorted to dropping their plundered treasures when they heard the sound of the guards at their heels. Some loot was retrieved by the guards but some enterprising thieves were able to hide their spoils with the intention of returning at a later date to retrieve them. Some did, but archaeologists theorized that hidden in the valley lay caches of precious materials that had lain untouched for centuries. All that remained was finding the way to bring them to light.
Archaeologists occasionally stumbled onto these caches, not realizing what they had found. It wasn't until Carter found five gold rings tied up in a scarf that thieves had dropped that it became evident that some loot was either deliberately or inadvertently left behind.
