The Curse of the Egyptian Priest

In the 19th century, two Egyptian sphinxes were installed in St. Petersburg—previously they had adorned the mortuary temple of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. After that, terrifying events began in the city: on Vasilyevsky Island, a maniac appeared, killing girls while hiding behind the mask of the god Anubis.

Detective Aristarh Venediktovich Svistunov and his loyal assistant Glafira are present when the sarcophagus of a priest is opened at Princess Murotova’s. But instead of a five-thousand-year-old mummy, an executed stablehand of the princess Archip is found. And on the sarcophagus there is a dreadful curse from the Egyptian priest: everyone who disturbs his rest will face death…