September
17
/ 2016
No English translation exists of The Buried Pearl, although it is a rather strange fact that in 1901, the French archaeological mission in Cairo made a regular French edition. Strange, because its introduction explains that it was published in order to discourage tomb robbery, a widespread problem in Egypt, as indeed it still is! Neither was this a new problem; ancient Egyptian papyri survive which tell of the 20th dynasty (circa 1187 to 1064 BC) and its great tomb robberies. It wasn’t new, even then. [Read Part I: Curse of the Buried Pearl: Tomb Curses, Spirits and the Hunt for Ancient Treasures] The 1901 publication of The Buried Pearl inevitably encouraged others to have a go. The intention really was
