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The Pharaoh's Shadow A Novel by Amro Heikal Some artifacts are sealed for a reason. When a mysterious object appears inside a locked Egyptian Museum vault-with no record of how it got there-Dr. Layla Hassan is pulled into a web of ancient secrets and modern conspiracies. The disk is unremarkable at first glance, but its presence coincides with a guard's inexplicable death and a vault feed frozen in time. Protocols are broken. Witnesses vanish. Something is watching. With the help of outsider archaeologist Dr. Heidi Blackwood and cryptic Egyptologist Khaled Samir, Layla uncovers ties to a long-buried procedure from the reign of Ankhesenamun-Queen of Egypt and survivor of a legacy erased. What they find is not just a relic... it's a mechanism. One that reacts to presence. One that waits to be activated. As modern bureaucracy collides with ancient design, and hidden forces move to silence anyone who uncovers the truth, Layla must race to decode a mystery buried beneath centuries of redacted history. Because the disk is waking. And it doesn't care who broke the seal. Perfect for fans of Michael Crichton, Dan Brown, and readers of archaeological thrillers with high-concept speculative twists. Rich with historical detail, chilling suspense, and razor-sharp dialogue, The Pharaoh's Shadow is a gripping exploration of power, memory, and the lies we bury beneath official records.