Her loyal tribe of Bedouin respected her as she had learned Arabic at her father's knee, but they warned her that the curse of Merneptah was known to afflict women who came into contact with him. They told her of how only men were allowed to serve in his court, that any woman entering his presence would be cursed.
What the curse was she could not define. They had only told her to stay away. Two days in trucks loaned to her by the British she and her all male crew of 7 went deep into the desert carrying all the food and water that they would live on for the next two weeks.
She had numerous books about hieroglyphics but above all she wanted to see what Merneptah's curse was. They smashed down the wall and entered the tomb of Merneptah...