Land of the God

Author's name: Ahmed Murad Publisher: Al-Shorouk Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2017 Literary classification: Novel Brief about the book: In the spring of 1924, after the discovery of the tomb of King Tutankhamun, Howard Carter rushed to the British consulate in Cairo without prior notice, demanding diplomatic intervention to force the Egyptian authorities to renew the excavation permit that had been canceled; because the Antiquities Department found manipulation in the tomb records; where archaeological pieces were found not recorded, hidden in a wine box in another tomb! The consul told Howard Carter that intervention was impossible under the current circumstances, so Carter became agitated, threatening that if he did not receive a sufficient and fair satisfaction, he would reveal to the world the texts of the papyri he found in the king’s burial chamber, including secrets never before discovered. In his fifth novel, Ahmed Murad ventures into a complex land, following a secret from the secrets of the ancients that was cleverly hidden before our eyes between the lines of the most sacred books of Egyptian civilization. A secret that may forever change your reading of one of the most important moments in Egyptian history.