The unique three-volume anthology “Stories about Mummies” contains numerous fantastic works about the mysterious mummies of Ancient Egypt, including the rarest ones that have never been translated into Russian. The book is supplemented by a number of articles on mummies and their images in high and popular culture. This publication can easily be called one of the most representative anthologies of classic stories about mummies in world practice. From the compiler. Alexander ShermanPaula Guran. MummyNicholas Christopher Radziwill. From the book “Adventure to the Holy Land and Egypt” by Jean Bodin. From the book “Colloquium of the Seven, dedicated to the hidden secrets of the sublime” by Théophile Gautier. Mummy's LegEdgar Allan Poe. Conversation with a MummyAnonymous The Soul of a Mummy 1862Jane Goodwin Austen. Three thousand years later Louisa May Alcott. Lost in the Pyramid, or Curse of the Mummy by Grant Allen. Among the mummies (real name Charles Grant Allen) Arthur Conan Doyle. Ring of ThothArthur Conan Doyle. Number 249Philip McQuat. The Life and Death of the Brown MummyComments. Alexander Sherman[/spoiler]