Tintin; Snowy; Sophocles Sarcophagus; Rastapopoulos; Thompson; Thomson; Allan; sailors; Senhor Oliveira de Figueira (first appearance); Patrash Pasha; Corporal Abu-Bin-Dun; Colonel Fuad; elephants; Dr. Finney; Zloty; fakir; hospital superintendent; Indian police; Maharaja of Gaipajama (first appearance); crown prince of Gaipajama (first appearance)
Synopsis
Tintin investigates once Sophocles Sarcophagus vanishes while exploring a lost Egyptian tomb. Under pursuit by smugglers and gunrunners he flees across Africa and Asia through many trials, until at last taken in by the Maharaja of Gaipajama. There he locates and breaks the drug-smuggling ring.