The Deadly Secret of Queen Axtarte's Tomb

The Hostage and the Rescue Plan

1. They were unusual people: the man did all the housework, and the woman stayed in her bedroom all day.
2. A) She had heard her crying. B) For about five days.
3. Bread.
4. She planned to confirm that the woman in the bedroom was Christine Farrow. If it was, she would open the front door to Ahmed and two other policemen.
5. He thought it could be very dangerous.

The Secret of Queen Axtarte's Tomb

1. There was a mountain whose top looked like a snake with its head raised and another with rocks that looked like a sitting man. Farrow said the pillar from the Temple of Karnak had words written on it meaning: "A snake with a raised head and a sitting man guard the tomb of Queen Axtarte."
2. The entrance was somewhere between the legs of the sitting man.
3. Because the Ancient Egyptians always made secret entrances to their tombs and sealed them with huge rocks.
4. Because he needed Keesing to call Greer on the radio, or his wife would be killed.
5. A) He had found a hole he thought was another way into the tomb and was trying to enlarge it with dynamite. B) He fell from the rock into the valley. He lay on the ground, his body turning and twisting. He screamed and then died.
6. Dr. Jusef Strengel.

Infiltration and Deception

1. He and his men had protective suits.
2. Because he knew he was going to die and was in great pain.
3. He used to work as a radio operator and knew the noise from the lorry could only mean that someone was operating a radio.

Radio Signal Trickery

1. He gave the call sign, and when Greer replied, he cut off the power. Greer thought that Keesing was trying to get through to him.
2. Christine Farrow.
3. He heard the call sign from the radio again.

Confrontation in the Tomb

1. In the legs.
2. To drop the mummy.
3. He claimed there was a strong acid on the walls of the tomb and on the mummy that would burn through their gloves and suits, allowing germs to get on their skin.
4. To seal the tomb forever.
5. He talked to Ahmed on the radio.

The Final Bluff

1. He wanted to be sure everything was completely covered up.
2. By telling them about the acid; in reality, there was no acid.