Before Egypt

Before Egypt

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Before Egypt by E. K. Jarvis

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1957

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Before Egypt

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It was Mallison's strangest assignment. The weird little professor wanted to go to Egypt. That meant a trip back to Earth so far as Mallison was concerned. But the professor pointed to a distant star and Mallison wondered: "Who moved Egypt?"

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A space opera. A professor (with a nubile daughter) has deciphered a papyrus given to him by two shady characters. He hires a detective's space ship to take him to the star where the papyrus said the ancient Egyptians came from.
Stuff happens. The alien Egyptians have enslaved their planet and practice cruel experiments on their subjects.
(Spoiler Alert!!!) In a surprise twist ending, the detective and the professor's daughter fall in love.
By far the most realistic character is the four-armed Martian with edged metal scales. The writing isn't bad, and the story is pretty good for what it is, but it goes on too long.