The Egyptian Enchantment: A Lottie Lipton Adventure
Uncle Bert nodded excitedly My friends in Cairo sent it to me It will be the centerpiece to my new collection he said proudly Uncle Bert set about opening the wooden packing case like a giddy child on Christmas Within minutes he had managed to lift off the lid and the sides of the packing case fell away to reveal the treasure inside Wow gasped Lottie An Egyptian mummy A large sarcophagus now lay before them It was a stone coffin painted gold and decorated with pictures and symbols A face was drawn on the top an image of a sleeping woman 6
This was a rich lady She died around three thousand years ago explained Uncle Bert She was found in a tomb in Egypt that some of my friends discovered She was surrounded by her special treasures when they found her
Amazing said Lottie She approached the sarcophagus to get a closer look but hit her toe on a smaller box Ow What’s this Ah yes that Why don’t you open it and find out for yourself my dear said Uncle Bert handing her the crowbar She began to pry the nails out of the top of the wooden box With a POP the lid came off revealing what was inside Ah exclaimed Lottie Dolls Pah Dolls indeed scoffed Uncle Bert These my dear are shabtis Lottie carefully took one of the little models out of the box It was about the same size as a doll but made of clay It had 8
writing all over its body and its arms were folded like a mini mummy When the ancient Egyptians died they believed that they went to an afterlife where the god Osiris would make them work on the land Rich people were buried with shabtis who would come alive and do the work for them Poppycock of course Lottie was fascinated by the shabtis She ran her fingers over the engraved writing What is the writing Uncle Bert Hmm Oh just a spell said Uncle Bert He was busy throwing the wood shavings and crumpled up paper that surrounded the sarcophagus over his shoulder 9
