Ramose and the Tomb Robbers
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Ramose and the Tomb Robbers is a 2003 historical novel
by British-born Australian author
Carole Wilkinson
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Ramose, Hapu, Karoya and Karoya's new cat, Mery, head north to Memphis to see Ramose's dying father, the Pharaoh.
On their way north, Hapu and Ramose are taken by the tomb robbers and made break into tombs and steal the treasure. They accidentally kill one of the tomb robbers and they are sealed in the tomb.
Mery leads them to safety, but they are set upon by villagers who call them tomb robbers, they escape across the Nile as Ramose's father and sister (Hatsheput come down in a barge. Ramose and his companions decide to go back to Thebes and tell Ramose's father about Mutnofret
's plan to kill Ramose
Historical novel
According to Encyclopædia Britannica, a historical novel is-Development:An early example of historical prose fiction is Luó Guànzhōng's 14th century Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which covers one of the most important periods of Chinese history and left a lasting impact on Chinese culture.The...
by British-born Australian author
Author
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Carole Wilkinson
Carole Wilkinson
Carole Wilkinson is an award-winning Australian writer, best known for Dragonkeeper .-Career:Wilkinson's family emigrated to Australia when she was 12 in 1963. Up to the age of 40 she worked as a laboratory assistant until she decided on a change of career.To help her achieve her goal she studied...
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Plot summary
The tomb that the tomb workers are working on is flooded and a new team starts work on it. The tomb workers are sent to Tombos.Ramose, Hapu, Karoya and Karoya's new cat, Mery, head north to Memphis to see Ramose's dying father, the Pharaoh.
On their way north, Hapu and Ramose are taken by the tomb robbers and made break into tombs and steal the treasure. They accidentally kill one of the tomb robbers and they are sealed in the tomb.
Mery leads them to safety, but they are set upon by villagers who call them tomb robbers, they escape across the Nile as Ramose's father and sister (Hatsheput come down in a barge. Ramose and his companions decide to go back to Thebes and tell Ramose's father about Mutnofret
Mutnofret
Mutnofret was a queen during the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. She was a secondary wife of Thutmose I and the mother of Thutmose II....
's plan to kill Ramose
Characters
- Ramose: former prince, now apprentice Scribe.
- Karoya: Kushite slave, one of Ramose's friends.
- Hapu: an apprentice painter, another of Ramose's friends.
- Mery: Karoya's cat, formerly the cook's who died in the flood.
- Hori: Leader of the Tomb Robbers
- Seth: one of the Tomb Robbers, frightened of Spirits, gets killed in tomb.
- Infret: stupid, strong Tomb Robber.