to return. Walter Neal's explanation of the haunting was also curiously matter-of-fact. He explained that the last resting place of the priestess of Amen-Ra had been specially protected by her fellow priests, who had used long-forgotten magic rites in order to provide the mummy case with a terrible guardian who would protect it from desecration for all time. And three thousand years later, it had proved itself capable of bringing death and disaster to anyone who came near to its strange prison. Far-fetched? Undoubtedly. What, for instance, had happened to the mummy, which had vanished long before Douglas Murray appeared on the scene? Presumably it had been stolen, but one wonders how any thief managed to get past so formidable a watchman. Perhaps for some reason the mummy was never put into its case in the first place, but this is something that we shall never know. All that is certain is a record of extraordinary events connected with the mummy case from Amen-Ra. And the fact that after the visit of Wyeth and Neal, no such incident ever occurred again. This article and image(s) are available for licensing: click on an image to see further details and licensing options; contact us about licensing textual content.