Teddy Bennet is a young American journalist sent to Egypt by the Boston Globe in the winter of 1928–1929 to investigate the legends surrounding the curse of Tutankhamun. His motto is “The truth is out there.”
| Type | Character (journalist) |
| Age | About 23 |
| Employer | Boston Globe |
| Spanish entry | Teddy Bennet |
Description
He is about twenty-three and “did not live the Great War as an adult”. He has black hair and “little eyes behind his round glasses”, small and dark; he is shorter than the rest of the group and not particularly strong. He wears hat, shirt and trousers, and in Cairo struggles with the heat and humidity.
Role
He acts “at the request of the Boston Globe”, and his assignment is one of the stated reasons the group is in Cairo. He introduces himself as a journalist to get into situations. His task is to “stir up the hornet’s nest” of the legends. He was caught up in a conflict during an auction.
Open questions
- Where he lodges in Cairo, whether he has published anything, and what the Globe knows.
- His origin in the United States, how and when he reached Egypt, and his working tools.
- Whether “The truth is out there” is his own motto, the paper’s, or a common press formula.
- His surname appears as Bennet, Bennett and Baird; whether “Teddy Baird” is the same man is unestablished.