Download or read book Awakening to the Lost Grandeur of Ancient Egypt written by Allen Pollens and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-18 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mysteries of Ancient Egypt Come to Life as U S Professor Searches the Nile for a Lost Pharaoh. A visit to Philadelphia Art Museum's Tutankhamen exhibit changes everything for Dr. Alberto Rodriguez. A professor of archeology at Jess Hawkins University, he is familiar with the whole story of Howard Carter's 1922 discovery of Tut's tomb. His own participations in excavations in New Mexico and Arizona were worthy endeavors but trivial when measured against Carter's achievements. Alberto tells himself that emulating Carter and trying to make an equally significant discovery is foolish. He stifles the obsession, but it bursts to the surface when Alberto comes upon reports of another lost Pharaoh in Egypt. Alberto looks for a way to respond. Finally, throwing all caution to the wind, he draws his closest friends into an undisclosed escapade that satisfies his ambition. There will be hardships and danger, but so what? When Egypt calls, it is time to act.