Archeologist Tim Saunders sits opposite a mysterious girl on a train in Egypt. He noticws the bracelet she's wearing. He thinks it may be a treasure from the lost tomb of Queen Cleopatra. Is Tim going to make a great discovery? And is there a curse on the lost treasure?

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Chapter 1 In the Prison
Chapter 2 The Bracelet
Chapter 3 Time Goes to Alexandria
Chapter 4 The Treasure
Chapter 5 A Mysterious Warning
Chapter 6 Flowers of Death
Chapter 7 The Curse of the Cobra
Chapter 8 Time is Famous
Chapter 9 The Arrest
Chapter 10 Free at Last

- Level 3 Pre-Intermediate (1200 words)
- Originals
- British English