Chapter 24: The Return to Luxor

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​⁠Work in the valley was ended. The tomb, stripped of its contents, had been reclosed so that even Mr. Howard Carter could not have found it. The workmen, well paid and happy, had dispersed to their homes. Most of them were men of the Fayyum.

Danbazzar and Hassan es-Sugra had contrived the transport of Zalithea from the camp in the wâdi to a carefully chosen suite at a Luxor hotel without provoking c