*Maverick English archaeologist Howard Carter's career as Egyptologist seems at a dead-end after a brutal encounter with a French duke sees his colonial authority permit withdrawn. Having spotted a doubtlessly grave-robbed statuette mentioning little-known boy pharaoh Tutankhamun at the Cairo flee market, he organizes minor digs in the Valley of the Kings. British Lord Carnarvon, an earl bored on health journey in Egypt, started blind digs without success, sees the professional and hires him, with better results. Alas, both men must join the Army due to the Great War.
—KGF Vissers