Apart from those listed below, all of the stories are original to this anthology and copyright © 2002 in the name of the individual authors. They are printed by permission of the authors and their respective agents.
“Introduction” © 2002 by MPM Manor, Inc. Original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author and her agents, Dominick Abel Literary Agency, Inc. (US) and David Grossman Literary Agency (UK).
“The Locked Tomb Mystery” © 1989 by Elizabeth Peters. First published in Sisters in Crime, edited by Marilyn Wallace (Berkley Books, 1989). Reprinted by permission of the author and her agents, Dominick Abel Literary Agency, Inc. (US) and David Grossman Literary Agency (UK).
In the compilation of this anthology I have consulted several reference books on ancient Egypt. I have used as my prime source document the British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt by Ian Shaw and Paul Nicholson (London, 1995) and the dates I quote come from this, though I am aware other books quote variant dates for the kings’ reigns.
My thanks also to F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, Noreen Doyle and Betty Winkelman for allowing me to take advantage of their superior knowledge of ancient Egypt. I also acknowledge the help of Noreen Doyle’s fascinating website about ancient Egypt in fiction, which can be found at: