Minor eighteenth dynasty pharaoh. But he was very young when he became ruler of Egypt and died at an early age as well. Ruled for a mere nine years as I recall. I'm not so good on dates and numbers." "I'd say you were doing quite well," commented Holmes with approval. He continued: "All right, where are we? The message refers to a tomb. What would be important about that?" "A tomb unknown to grave robbers, Mr. Holmes. That would be a rare bird indeed, for the pharaoh's possessions would be in it. The German expedition uncovered thirty graves of pharaohs and not a one of them that hadn't been looted." "Then this Tutankhamen tomb would be valuable?" "Unbelievably," was Gray's immediate response. "And the reference to doom?" "That can be read two ways. In a religious sense, the whole idea of the elaborate burials was to allow the pharaohs to make their trip to eternity in peace. Don't quote me, sir, but I've a thought that the despoiling of their graves would interrupt their progress to the hereafter." "Seems logical," I commented.
