প্রোফেসর শঙ্কু ও ইজিপ্সিয় আতঙ্ক (Professor Shonku and the Egyptian Curse) is the second story of Professor Shonku series by Satyajit Ray. The story follows Professor Trilokeshwar Shonku, a scientist and inventor, who travels to egypt to discover the secret of mummies, but ends up tangled in a dangerous curse.

First published: Sandesh, April 1963


Professor Shonku O Ijipsiyo Atonko


Plot Summary

British archaeologist James Summerton finds more than 30 Mummies in the Egyptian city Bubastis. Professor Shonku goes to Egypt and joins Summerton’s team. At the same time, an Egyptian person threatens Shonku and asks to stop the excavation. Shonku ignores the warning. Summerton gifts Shonku one of the Mummies he found in the excavation. Professor Shonku brings that to Giridh, India. The Egyptian person who warned Professor Shonku chases him to Giridih and claims himself as a descendant of the mummified person.