The Throat Of Green Jasper

Published in Pearson's Magazine (UK - Mar. 1934). Reprinted in Fifty Enthralling Stories of the Mysterious East (1937). Collected in the book The Duel of Shadows.
"The discovery, the opening and the subsequent ransacking of the royal tomb of Setephra of Egypt were acts in secrecy and treachery. The gigantic stealth that had gone into the affair was beyond all common mention." What put the authorities in England into a tizzy was when the antiquities, valued at over £1m, reached America, they were small in number and valued at $8k. Where was the bulk of the treasure? That is the question they asked Barnabas Hildreth to answer.