She ran her father's household, dealt with tradespeople, and enjoyed his interests of history and archaeology, and the British Museum.

Her father named her as his sole heir, leaving her half a million pounds upon his death, when she is 32 years old.

Rejected suitors Alberto, as the walking mummy, and Lucas Luigi, with his guns and doctored wine, teamed up to get Evelyn and her grandfather's final will, ready to leave her dead in their greed.

Two years later, Amelia and Emerson are married and expecting their first child, as the Amarna dig season nears its end.

Loweroglyphics is a pun on hieroglyphics, the writing system of ancient Egypt, which is the period studied by these 19th century Egyptologists.

[4] A review in the Sydney Morning Herald noted the style of the writing as a commentary on the archaeology, disturbing burial sites: the collision course of Amelia and archeologist Emerson "provided laughs as well as the threat of death and danger that seems to partner disturbing the Pharaohs in their ancient resting places.

"[1] Elizabeth Peters' background in Egyptology lends authenticity to the settings and the history presented in the novel.

The method of travel by boat ("dahabeeyah") down the Nile that was popular in the late 1800s, as well as the customs of the various cultures, are true to the era.

The title of the book comes from an ancient Egyptian text: The love of my beloved is on yonder side A width of water is between us And a crocodile waiteth on the sandbank.