SCREAMS OF THE DEAD

AN ANCIENT EVIL. A MODERN GRAVE. SOME VOICES NEVER REST.

From the autopsy tables of Cairo's most famous morgue, Dr. Mohamed records two chilling forensic cases where modern medicine meets ancient Egyptian horrors.

Volume Four presents two eerie mysteries from the boundary line where Cairo ends and the desert begins:

• Story Seven: WHAT THE SAND KEEPS (The Looters of Saqqara Road) When four illegal tomb diggers are found dead at the bottom of an intact shaft off Saqqara Road, the forensic evidence reveals no trauma, poison, or violent struggle. Instead, each body bears a single, surgical puncture wound at the base of the skull-a technique matching ancient embalming practices. Is it an elaborate crime, or did something ancient claim what it was owed?

• Story Eight: THE RITES SHE WAS OWED (A Family Divided in August Heat) Following the peaceful death of an elderly mother in Sayyida Zeinab, her children clash over traditional burial rites versus modern practices. But as covered mirrors are accidentally disturbed, uncanny occurrences begin to shake the family home, raising the question: does grief invoke the supernatural, or do forgotten inheritances demand to be finished?

A literary horror series for fans of Egyptian mythology, forensic mysteries, urban legends, and supernatural suspense.