Can it truly be the Pharaoh's curse? With David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Pauline Moran, Rolf Saxon. The logic of the little grey cells take on one of Agatha Christie’s favourite themes, the powers of ancient Egypt, this time in the form of a curse on those who excavated a Pharaoh’s tomb. Sir John and the American financier of the excavation Mr Bleibner had both died within a fortnight of each other. Directed by Peter Barber-Fleming. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Shortly after opening an ancient Egyptian tomb, members of an English-American museum expedition start dropping off like flies. The UK first edition featured an illustration of Poirot on the dust jacketby W. Smithson Broadhead, re… The American version of this book, published by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1925, featured a further three stories. The case was hushed up as far as possible, and, to this day, people talk of the remarkable series of deaths in connection with the Tomb of Men-her-Ra as a triumphal proof of the vengeance of a bygone king upon the desecrators of his tomb—a belief which, as Poirot pointed out to me, is contrary to all Egyptian belief and thought. In the eleven stories, famed eccentric detective Hercule Poirot solves a variety of mysteries involving greed, jealousy, and revenge. Poirot: The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb. Lady Willard, the widow of the famous Egyptologist Sir John Willard, asks Poirot to investigate the death of her husband. Poirot travels to Egypt to unravel the mystery. Poirot Investigates is a short story collection written by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by The Bodley Head in March 1924. Hercule Poirot - The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb - YouTube A newsreel helpfully places us in Egypt, where archaeologist Sir John Willard is leading an expedition into the tomb of an ancient pharaoh. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb - Kindle edition by Christie, Agatha. Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb: An Inspector Poirot Mystery [Christie, Agatha, Suchet, David] on Amazon.com. The story was first published as a book in the collection Poirot Investigates, 1924, by Bodley Head. The problems Poirot unravels are skilfully tangled, and unravelled by the detective's omniscient genius. Throughout the tales, which include The Adventure of the Western Star, The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb, and The Kidnapped Prime Minister, Poirot must solve a variety of mysteries involving greed, jealousy, and revenge. Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb: An Inspector Poirot Mystery