NICOSIA, Cyprus - Archeologists have unearthed the gold-stuffed tomb of two women in what appears to be the richest discovery ever made at ancient Nimrud in northern Iraq. The 2,700-year-old tomb in the palace of King Ashurnasirpal II contained more than 55 pounds...

Jeanne Phillips The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 08-27-2003 Grandma's silverware and a 'curse from the grave' Jeanne Phillips Date: 08-27-2003, Wednesday Section: ENTERTAINMENT Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star B Column: DEAR ABBY DEAR ABBY: I was...

As is usual with Mr. Mowat's books, [in The Curse of the Viking Grave] we are presented with excellent descriptions of the terrain and inhabitants of the Northlands. He presents an Eskimo group that is quite different in their history and culture from their better-known cousins. We are instructed in the ways of the Barrens and the people who dwell there without the slightest hint of pedantry. Those readers unfamiliar with Lost in the Barrens will find this a well-written and interesting story of adve...

[The Curse of the Viking Grave is an] unnecessary sequel to Lost in the Barrens … and an anticlimax compared to that book. The Black Hole …, and the author's other excellent adventure stories set in the wilderness of northern Canada. In Barrens, the Scotch boy Jamie and his Cree Indian friend Awasin had been lost for a winter in the Barrenlands and finally rescued by Peetyuk and his Eskimo tribe. Here, Jamie, Awasin and Peetyuk make plans to go trapping and then in the summer to return ...

Sequels are often disappointing and [The Curse of the Viking Grave] lacks the spontaneity, careful planning and craft of Lost in the Barrens. Frequently the story seems forced or contrived and the characters suffer too in a plot which to all appearances has been hastily thrown together. This is somewhat compensated for by the author's knowledge of the North and by his concern for the Eskimo.

Marguerite Bagshaw, in her review of "The Curse of the Viking Grave," in In Review:...