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Plot

Norm Parker is in Egypt with his parents and his older sister, Claire. The siblings are on a tour while their parents are at a conference. When the kids become separated from the tour group, they meet a robed man named Ari. When Norm mentions that he's bored, the man offers to take the kids to a pyramid that isn't open to the public yet. He says the pyramid was supposedly built by a family of ancient sorcerers, who swore revenge against the living and have spirits that still haunt the pyramid. The kids follow into the pyramid, but he walks so fast that the kids eventually lose him.

Scared, the kids try to find a way out of the chamber. The kids find a sarcophagus, and its door swings open, revealing a kid-sized mummy. One of the wall's has a message saying that the tomb belongs to Prince Khotep-Dur. More shockingly, there is a picture of Norm's face on the wall. The mummy comes to life and chases the protagonists. The kids find a stone doorway, but it's closed. The mummy approaches, backing the kids into the doors. The doors unexpectedly open, and the kids fall through and down a ramp, landing in another tomb. According to the wall, this tomb is for Prince Amen-Topek, and the kids find a picture of Claire's face. Additionally, there are several other sarcophagi in the room. Suddenly, all of the mummy's arise and encircle the kids. Norm tries to use the cell phone he's carrying to make a call. However, after pressing multiple buttons, all he gets is static. In a hasty decision, the kids decide to play dead.

The story cuts to Ari, who is in a separate room, observing the kids' actions on a camera system. Dr. Martez, one of Ari's colleagues, shows up. When they see that the kids aren't moving and the mummies appear to be gone, the men are concerned. Unexpectedly, the mummies appear at the entrance of the room that the men are in. Dr. Martez says they've gone haywire. The duo tries to adjust a nearby control panel, but it doesn't seem to be working.

The story jumps back to Norm and Claire, who are alone. They get up, and a mummy appears and tries to grab them. Norm opens up the cell phone and presses zero, which produces a static noise. The noise fazes the mummy, allowing the kids to escape.

An hour later, the kids are outside of the pyramid, and Ari and Dr. Martez are being arrested. The two men had been using animatronic mummies to scare the kids. The men wanted to make a "Mummyland Theme Park" and were testing their animatronics. Norm's cell phone had somehow interfered with the animatronic mummies' programming. The kids are reunited with their parents, who offer to take the kids back to the boring tour from earlier. The kids happily agree.

Trivia

Chapters 9, 10 and 11 are written in a third-person perspective, unlike the other chapters in the story. In fact, these are the only chapters in the book not written from a first-person perspective.
This is the only story in the Goosebumps Triple Header series where nothing supernatural happens.
This story mentions the pyramid of Khufu. This was the same pyramid that Ben Hassad and his crew were exploring in The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb.
This is one of the few stories where the narrator is an eleven-year-old instead of the usual twelve or thirteen-year-old.
This is one of the few stories where the twist is presented a few chapters before the final chapter.

Goosebumps Triple Header series
Book 1	Ghost Granny • Spin the Wheel of Horror • Teenage Sponge Boys from Outer Space
Book 2	Ghoul School • The Revenge • The Mummy with My Face

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-'''The Mummy with My Face''' is a story in ''[[Goosebumps Triple Header|Goosebumps Triple Header: Book Two]]''.
+{{Tabber/Story|previous=The Revenge}}"'''The Mummy with My Face'''" is the third and final story in story in [[Goosebumps Triple Header#Three Shocking Tales of Terror: Book 2|''Goosebumps Triple Header: Book 2'']].
 == Plot ==
+Norm Parker is in [[wikipedia:Egypt|Egypt]] with his parents and his older sister, Claire. The siblings are on a tour while their parents are at a conference. When the kids become separated from the tour group, they meet a robed man named Ari. When Norm mentions that he's bored, the man offers to take the kids to a pyramid that isn't open to the public yet. He says the pyramid was supposedly built by a family of ancient sorcerers, who swore revenge against the living and have spirits that still haunt the pyramid. The kids follow into the pyramid, but he walks so fast that the kids eventually lose him.
-Eleven-year-old Norm and his older sister Claire are on a tour of an Egyptian pyramid.
+Scared, the kids try to find a way out of the chamber. The kids find a sarcophagus, and its door swings open, revealing a kid-sized mummy. One of the wall's has a message saying that the tomb belongs to Prince Khotep-Dur. More shockingly, there is a picture of Norm's face on the wall. The mummy comes to life and chases the protagonists. The kids find a stone doorway, but it's closed. The mummy approaches, backing the kids into the doors. The doors unexpectedly open, and the kids fall through and down a ramp, landing in another tomb. According to the wall, this tomb is for Prince Amen-Topek, and the kids find a picture of Claire's face. Additionally, there are several other sarcophagi in the room. Suddenly, all of the mummy's arise and encircle the kids. Norm tries to use the cell phone he's carrying to make a call. However, after pressing multiple buttons, all he gets is static. In a hasty decision, the kids decide to play dead.
-Their parents are in Egypt on business, leaving the two kids to wander Egypt by themselves. They get separated from the rest of the tour and meet up with a bearded Middle Eastern man wearing a long white robe. He introduces himself as Ari and invites the kids to another pyramid. Both kids agree that this is a fine idea, so they go off alone with the strange man into an empty dark building.
+The story cuts to Ari, who is in a separate room, observing the kids' actions on a camera system. Dr. Martez, one of Ari's colleagues, shows up. When they see that the kids aren't moving and the mummies appear to be gone, the men are concerned. Unexpectedly, the mummies appear at the entrance of the room that the men are in. Dr. Martez says they've gone haywire. The duo tries to adjust a nearby control panel, but it doesn't seem to be working.
-Ari tells them some stuff about the pyramid that sounds close to the back story from ''[[Return of the Mummy]]'', with ancient curses and the like. Once inside the dark of the pyramid, Ari disappears, leaving the kids to fend for themselves armed only with a torch. The kids walk into a room where a mummy comes to life and then they pull a secret lever and fall down a sloped shaft into another room with more mummies.
+The story jumps back to Norm and Claire, who are alone. They get up, and a mummy appears and tries to grab them. Norm opens up the cell phone and presses zero, which produces a static noise. The noise fazes the mummy, allowing the kids to escape.
-In the second room they spy a framed photo on the wall of the tomb, showing Norm's picture. The caption identifies Norm as the late boy king entombed within the pyramid. Then there's some more mummies and they find another room, this time with Claire's framed photo identifying her as an Egyptian princess. Neither kid bothers to question why an Egyptian family would create picture frames thousands of years before pictures existed, probably because they soon find themselves under attack from more mummies. Norm takes out his father's cell phone, which was given to him in case of emergencies.
+An hour later, the kids are outside of the pyramid, and Ari and Dr. Martez are being arrested. The two men had been using animatronic mummies to scare the kids. The men wanted to make a "Mummyland Theme Park" and were testing their animatronics. Norm's cell phone had somehow interfered with the animatronic mummies' programming. The kids are reunited with their parents, who offer to take the kids back to the boring tour from earlier. The kids happily agree.
-He's unable to get a signal but as soon as he flips opens the cell phone and tries dialing, the mummies halt their advance.
+==Trivia==
-As we're taken inside a control room within the pyramid, where Dr. Martez watches a video monitor quizzically as the two kids lie down. He asks Ari why they're behaving that way and he shrugs his shoulder. Suddenly a wave of mummies attacks the control room.
+*Chapters 9, 10 and 11 are written in a third-person perspective, unlike the other chapters in the story. In fact, these are the only chapters in the book not written from a first-person perspective.
+*This is the only story in the ''Goosebumps Triple Header'' series where nothing supernatural happens.
+*This story mentions the pyramid of Khufu. This was the same pyramid that [[Ben Hassad]] and his crew were exploring in ''[[The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb]]''.
+*This is one of the few stories where the narrator is an eleven-year-old instead of the usual twelve or thirteen-year-old.
+*This is one of the few stories where the twist is presented a few chapters before the final chapter.
+{{GoosebumpsTH}}
-Cut back to the kids in the pyramid who are attacked by some more mummies and then the mummies stop.
-Cut now to outside the pyramid as Ari and Dr. Martinez are being led away in handcuffs. It is revealed that their plan for an Egyptian-themed amusement park called Mummyland has failed.
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