THE BOOK OF THE DEAD
Book of the Dead- Chapter 2 Evelyn left from the statue she was sitting on and made her way through her ‘small mess’ to her office. Jonathon, who was in quick pursuit of his sister, could not fight the grin, which had appeared, on his face. Entering her small office, Jonathon observed the clutter that shrouded her desk. Papers were mounted on top of one another to the left and to the right there was a beautiful statue of Anubis, which was carefully carved from marble. Jonathon smirked. Evelyn loved Egypt, right down to the very last grain of sand. Whenever she talked about Ancient Egypt, which was often, a glimmer of light would appear in her dark hazel eyes. Finally, Jonathon’s line of vision fell upon a photo of themselves with their parents, which had been taken a few months before they had passed away. “Well” he asked impatiently, but his whine was met with silence. “Evie!” However, Evelyn was too absorbed with the ancient papyrus map that lay in front of her. Her eyes scanned the drawing and came to a rest on a particular hieratic. “It can’t be,” she mumbled to herself. Jonathon, who was desperate for information, sighed anxiously. “So is it worth anything, please tell me it is!” “Jonathon, we have to see the curator, immediately. It’s not just any piece of treasure you found, it is a map.” Before Jonathon could ask a map to where his sister had bolted out of the door once again. - Not bothering to knock Evie rushed into her bosses’ office. “You need to look at this”. “Well, I suppose I don’t have much of a choice” Dr Bay retorted, fixing his spectacles on his nose and bent down to inspect the map. Whilst doing this Evie signalled to Jonathon to stand away from Dr Bay’s desk and when he did not comply with her she fixed a hard gaze on to him. “Well what do you think?” Evie asked. Her stomach flipping upside down. “I’ve already dated it and the cartouche is that of Seti I” “I have two questions” Jonathon said while stuffing his hand into his pockets and pacing up and down, “who was Seti I? And was he rich?” Evelyn inwardly rolled her eyes. Why now of all times did her brother have to mention treasure! She fixed him with an exasperated look. “Seti I came from the 19th Dynasty and is thought by many to be one of the richest Pharaohs.” Before her brother could embarrass her further, Evelyn revealed the hieratic she had noticed earlier. “And look at this hieratic here” she pointed to Dr Bay, “well it is that of hamunaptra”. At the mention of the word hamunaptra, Evelyn could have sword that she saw dollar signs light up into Jonathon’s eyes. “The hamunaptra?” “Yes, the city of the Dead, where all the riches of Egypt are buried”. - - “Dr Bay burning the map was no accident I assure you,” Jonathan muttered to himself. “Oh please Jon, Dr Bay was simply clumsy and accidently burnt it. However, now we are going to have trouble getting to hamunaptra. May be if we went back to that dig site where you found the item then we could...” “No” Jonathon interjected, “that won’t be necessarily, I know someone who can perhaps tell us where hamunaptra is.”
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