I Painted for Pharaoh

An ancient Egyptian statuette is found on a tiny island in the Central Mediterranean is found in 1713. It disappears for a century before reappearing as the centerpiece of an archaeological exhibition. Archaeological experts, including authors Anton Mifsud and Marta Farrugia, are mystified by the find. What in the world was this statue doing on Malta well before Napoleon and his traveling tomb raiders began their adventures? Dedicated to a unique triad of Egyptian gods, the statuette belonged to a humble tomb painter in the Valley of the Kings at the time of Rameses the Great. In a bid to unravel the statuette's mystery, Mifsud and Farrugia began researching the other artefacts that the tomb painter commissioned. As they unravel details about the statue, they also uncover some unusual details about the tomb painter's life, work and family. But the mystery deepens when they discover the original statuette has been replaced with a copy in I Painted for Pharaoh.