Egypt, The Valley of the Kings, 1905: An American robber baron peers through the hole he has cut in an ancient tomb wall and discovers the richest trove of golden treasure ever seen in Egypt. At the start of the twentieth century, Theodore Davis was the most famous archaeologist in the world; his career turned tomb-robbing and treasure-hunting into a science. Using six of Davis's most important discoveries-from the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut's sarcophagus...

Describes the Valley of the Kings, the tombs and mummies found there, and what scientists have learned from the area's discoveries.

Contains the history of the travelers and scholars who studied and excavated the royal tombs of the Valley; the tombs themselves; and the motives and methods of the people who made them.