Publisher's Synopsis
It's 1910 and archaeologist Amelia Peabody heads for Palestine to prevent an English adventurer called Morley from causing damage during his search for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem. The War Office fears Morley is working for German intelligence. In the meantime, her son Ramses is working on a dig at Samaria where he encounters a female German archaeologist, and a mysterious man of unknown nationality and unknown past. Ramses' curiosity leads him to a startling discovery.
