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The Victorians were obsessed with Egyptology and mummies. It was during the second half of the nineteenth century that many of the most significant archeological finds were made in Egypt, and stories of the revenge of the mummies on anyone raiding their tombs, stealing their treasures or unwrapping their corpses abounded.
This collection brings together the best and scariest short stories of the period, featuring vengeance-seeking mummies, bandaged zombies, pharaonic ghosts, and ancient curses.
Included in this compendium of Egyptian horror are the following stories:
- “Lot No. 249” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- “Imprisoned with the Pharaohs” by Harry Houdini and H. P. Lovecraft
- “Lost in a Pyramid or the Mummy’s Curse” by Louisa May Alcott
- “An Egyptian Cigarette” by Kate Chopin
- “Some Words with a Mummy” by Edgar Allan Poe
- “The Mummy’s Foot” by Théophile Gautier
- “A Professor of Egyptology” by Guy Boothby
- “Nyarlathotep” by H. P. Lovecraft
- “The Story of Baelbrow” by E. & H. Heron
- “The Ring of Thoth” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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About various authors
Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was born in Odense, Denmark, the son of a poor shoemaker and a washerwoman. As a young teenager, he became quite well known in Odense as a reciter of drama and as a singer. When he was fourteen, he set off for the capital, Copenhagen, determined to become a national success on the stage. He failed miserably, but made some influential friends in the capital who got him into school to remedy his lack of proper education. In 1829 his first book was published. After that, books came out at regular intervals. His stories began to be translated into English as early as 1846. Since then, numerous editions, and more recently Hollywood songs and Disney cartoons, have helped to ensure the continuing popularity of the stories in the English-speaking world.