In the Dwellings of the Wilderness

When three American archaeologists open an ancient Egyptian tomb, they discover the impossibly preserved body of a long-dead queen. But is the queen really as dead as she appears? When members of the expedition start to go missing, it appears that terrifying unearthly forces may be at work... 

C. Bryson Taylor's tremendously influential novel first appeared in 1904 and has had a huge impact on subsequent representations of the mummy in literature and film.