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A key feature of is its exploration of the psychological power of superstition versus logic .

You can find this story in the collection or listen to it as an audiobook on platforms like Audible . The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb by Agatha Christie

Published in 1923, this Hercule Poirot short story stands out for several reasons:

: The plot centers on a supposed "mummy's curse" following the opening of Pharaoh Men-her-Ra's tomb . While characters like Hastings are easily swayed by the occult, Poirot uses his "little grey cells" to prove the deaths have a human, rather than mystical, origin .

: It is the first of Christie's stories to feature an archaeological setting, a theme she later revisited in famous novels like Murder in Mesopotamia .