The famous Hermitage was subjected to a daring attack - nothing was stolen, but for some reason the attacker moved the stone statue of an Egyptian scribe. Someone is looking for an ancient mathematical formula and will stop at nothing to obtain it. Restorer Dmitry Starygin must be the first to find the mysterious papyrus, it is in it that the Egyptians' message to their descendants is encrypted. In search of an all-powerful artifact that gives power over the world of the living and the dead, Dmitry is confronted by a magical curse and unknown forces who also want to take possession of the treasured treasure... The book was also published under the title “The Curse of the Pharaoh.”