The Jewel of Seven Stars is a horror novel by Bram Stoker

Bram Stoker

Abraham "Bram" Stoker was an Irish novelist and short story writer, best known today for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula...

, first published in 1903. The story is about an archaeologist's

Archaeology

Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...

 plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...

ian mummy

Mummy

A mummy is a body, human or animal, whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals, extreme coldness , very low humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs, so that the recovered body will not decay further if kept in cool and dry...

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Second edition

When The Jewel of Seven Stars was first released in 1903 the publishers received a great deal of criticism from both critics and readers because of its gruesome ending. Shortly before his death in 1912, Stoker attempted to republish the book but was told that he would have to change the ending. As a result, Stoker removed Chapter XVI "Powers – Old and New" and gave the book a new and happier ending. For many years the original ending was unavailable to most readers. The 2008 Penguin Classics edition edited by Kate Hebblethwaite restored the original text, including the original ending and Chapter XVI. It includes the new ending as an appendix

Addendum

An addendum, in general, is an addition required to be made to a document by its reader subsequent to its printing or publication. It comes from the Latin verbal phrase addendum est, being the gerundive form of the verb addo, addere, addidi, additum, "to give to, add to", meaning " must be added"...

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Film and TV adaptations

The novel is the main influence on nearly every 'mummy' movie. The first true theatrical adaption of The Jewel of Seven Stars was Hammer Studios' Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb

Blood from the Mummy's Tomb is a 1971 British film starring Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, and James Villiers. This was director Seth Holt's final film, and was adapted from Bram Stoker's novel The Jewel of Seven Stars. The film was released as the support feature to Dr...

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Television

• The Curse of the Mummy (1970)

Film

• Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
  Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
  Blood from the Mummy's Tomb is a 1971 British film starring Andrew Keir, Valerie Leon, and James Villiers. This was director Seth Holt's final film, and was adapted from Bram Stoker's novel The Jewel of Seven Stars. The film was released as the support feature to Dr...
  
  (1971)
• The Awakening (1980)

Video

• Legend of the Mummy (1997)

External links

(1912 revised edition)

• Bram Stoker Online Full text and PDF versions of this novel (1903 and 1912 editions)