The Mummy - Penguin Readers, Level 2 Author:David Levithan Some 3,700 years ago an Egyptian High Priest was mummified and entombed alive and cursed for all eternity. In the 1920s, dashing American Rick OA A*Connell, accidentally discovers the Lost City of the Dead. But the ancient curse of the Mummy is not dead. A heart-stopping adventure story based on the hugely successful 1999 film.