Dan Parsons Safiya Mummy

“Safyia” The lead archaeologist at the Egyptian Institute of Exploration has discovered the sarcophagus of Merneptan the Plague-Giver. As the sounds of celebration fill the air around the Valley of the Kings, Doctor Safiya Mahmoud begins a tedious task. She must secure the mummified body of the tyrant pharaoh for transportation to her laboratory in Cairo. Merneptan brought plague and a host of other diseases to Egypt two thousand years ago. His reign brought suffering and death to countless Egyptians. Now, after centuries beneath the desert sands, the Plague-Giver has returned to the world of the living. Well, his corpse has, anyway. Days later, Dr. Mahmoud and her peer, Dr. Nader, prepare the corpse of the dead king for a battery of tests. With the power of modern technology, CT scans and DNA sequencing could answer many questions about Egypt’s dark past. What secrets might the ancient pharaoh reveal? Could the diseases that once devastated his kingdom still lurk within his mummified remains? These are questions that modern science might finally answer. As Safiya works late into the night, a singular voice begins to occupy her thoughts. It starts as a faint whisper but soon grows ...