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The poor kid looked like he was going to hyperventilate. "Uncle?"
"Great Uncle actually, my grandma is, or will be, your sister."
"I'm going to have a sister?"
"Well if I haven't screwed up the future or anything." Belle and Alex were sitting at the back of the little craft looking at the horizon as they flew back to Cairo.
"What year is she going to be born?"
"I think she was born in 37, so you've got a few more years." He nodded.
"What's it like in the future?"
"Well, there's a lot more to do. Television is in color, they have games you can play like virtual reality, records went the way of the dinosaurs in the nineties, cars are A LOT different, and the air is more polluted."
"Have we learned anything more about ancient Egypt?"
"I don't know about that, but there's been a few more findings." The mention of new findings got Rick and Evie's attention.
"What kind of findings?"
"Well Tut's tomb was already excavated, but there's still a lot out there. The lost pyramid of Sekhemkhet gets discovered in 52 next to the step pyramid complex at Saqqara. In 54 someone finds in tact boat pits on the South side of Khufu's pyramid. In 64 to 71 the Animal Necropolis was found at Saqqara. Then in 74 the unfinished pyramid of Raneferef with a bunch of sculptures and a hoard of papyri were found at the pyramid complex of Raneferef at Abusih. The lost tomb of Horemheb was found at Saqqara in 74. Then in 87 tombs of the sons of Ramesses the second with sarcophagi, coffins, canopic jars, jewellery, and pottery was rediscovered, but that was already partially opened in 1902 by Howard Carter. In 1990 the tombs of pyramid builders at Giza were discovered south of the Great Sphinx. Then in 94 there was underwater Alexandria beneath the harbor at the Qait Bey site Alexandria. In 96 the Valley of the Golden Mummies cemetery in Bawit there were upwards of 10,000 Greco-Roman mummies. That was in Bawit in the Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert. Discovery isn't done by any means."
"Golden Mummies you said? You wouldn't happen to know exactly where we could find these do you?"
"You're Jonathan? I wouldn't take you there, my grandmother told me all about you, so did Uncle Alex for that matter, and no, no way."
"I'm hurt." Well he probably wasn't, but at the thought of not being the one to find it his face did fall.
"I could probably help with finding some of the lesser discoveries, like the boat pits, but the other things are better left to be found like they were when I read about them."
"I think you're right."
"You know, you're just like I remember you, only younger." Evelyn gave her an odd look.
"You remember me?"
"I only met you once that I know of, but you were so nice, you gave me a few books, a couple of your old journals, and told me I reminded you of Rick."
"What did you do to make me say that?"
"I don't remember, all I know was I said that was further proof you shouldn't paint with the doors and windows closed." She laughed. "What am I going to do when we get to Cairo?"
"I'd say that was up to you. We could go into Khufu's pyramid and take a look at that writing if you like, see if we could get you back."
"I'm up for that, but that's something else I don't understand, that spell said something about taking me to Hamunaptra after it's peak. Now, if I'm not entirely mistaken I woke up in the middle of the desert, not in the middle of a city."
"There was an Oasis there, but that wouldn't explain anything about Hamunaptra either."
"Do you remember exactly what the spell said?"
"No, I'm not stupid enough to read ancient writing that I don't understand, I learned from your mistakes." That got their attention.
"You know about that?"
She nodded sagely. "I read over every section of your journals twice I know a lot about what happens to you."
"Well it's good to know that someone knows about all the things that happen to us. I'd hate to think for all our experiences and all I've written down that no one reaps the benefits."
"Oh trust me, people benefited, I used your journals as one of the resources for my term paper, the teacher said it gave it an extra, more person touch to what could have been perceived as a cold subject." For the rest of their odd flight she alternated between napping and listening to firsthand accounts of all their adventures.
When they landed in Cairo Belle had to take a moment to look around. "Everything's so different. All the hotels are gone." She took another look. "It looks better this way."
"Do you want to take a look at the pyramid tonight or would you rather wait for the morning?"
"Morning is good, my head's still bothering me." Something dreadful occurred to her. "Oh God, Advil hasn't been invented yet has it?"
The poor kid looked like he was going to hyperventilate. "Uncle?"
"Great Uncle actually, my grandma is, or will be, your sister."
"I'm going to have a sister?"
"Well if I haven't screwed up the future or anything." Belle and Alex were sitting at the back of the little craft looking at the horizon as they flew back to Cairo.
"What year is she going to be born?"
"I think she was born in 37, so you've got a few more years." He nodded.
"What's it like in the future?"
"Well, there's a lot more to do. Television is in color, they have games you can play like virtual reality, records went the way of the dinosaurs in the nineties, cars are A LOT different, and the air is more polluted."
"Have we learned anything more about ancient Egypt?"
"I don't know about that, but there's been a few more findings." The mention of new findings got Rick and Evie's attention.
"What kind of findings?"
"Well Tut's tomb was already excavated, but there's still a lot out there. The lost pyramid of Sekhemkhet gets discovered in 52 next to the step pyramid complex at Saqqara. In 54 someone finds in tact boat pits on the South side of Khufu's pyramid. In 64 to 71 the Animal Necropolis was found at Saqqara. Then in 74 the unfinished pyramid of Raneferef with a bunch of sculptures and a hoard of papyri were found at the pyramid complex of Raneferef at Abusih. The lost tomb of Horemheb was found at Saqqara in 74. Then in 87 tombs of the sons of Ramesses the second with sarcophagi, coffins, canopic jars, jewellery, and pottery was rediscovered, but that was already partially opened in 1902 by Howard Carter. In 1990 the tombs of pyramid builders at Giza were discovered south of the Great Sphinx. Then in 94 there was underwater Alexandria beneath the harbor at the Qait Bey site Alexandria. In 96 the Valley of the Golden Mummies cemetery in Bawit there were upwards of 10,000 Greco-Roman mummies. That was in Bawit in the Bahariya Oasis in the Western Desert. Discovery isn't done by any means."
"Golden Mummies you said? You wouldn't happen to know exactly where we could find these do you?"
"You're Jonathan? I wouldn't take you there, my grandmother told me all about you, so did Uncle Alex for that matter, and no, no way."
"I'm hurt." Well he probably wasn't, but at the thought of not being the one to find it his face did fall.
"I could probably help with finding some of the lesser discoveries, like the boat pits, but the other things are better left to be found like they were when I read about them."
"I think you're right."
"You know, you're just like I remember you, only younger." Evelyn gave her an odd look.
"You remember me?"
"I only met you once that I know of, but you were so nice, you gave me a few books, a couple of your old journals, and told me I reminded you of Rick."
"What did you do to make me say that?"
"I don't remember, all I know was I said that was further proof you shouldn't paint with the doors and windows closed." She laughed. "What am I going to do when we get to Cairo?"
"I'd say that was up to you. We could go into Khufu's pyramid and take a look at that writing if you like, see if we could get you back."
"I'm up for that, but that's something else I don't understand, that spell said something about taking me to Hamunaptra after it's peak. Now, if I'm not entirely mistaken I woke up in the middle of the desert, not in the middle of a city."
"There was an Oasis there, but that wouldn't explain anything about Hamunaptra either."
"Do you remember exactly what the spell said?"
"No, I'm not stupid enough to read ancient writing that I don't understand, I learned from your mistakes." That got their attention.
"You know about that?"
She nodded sagely. "I read over every section of your journals twice I know a lot about what happens to you."
"Well it's good to know that someone knows about all the things that happen to us. I'd hate to think for all our experiences and all I've written down that no one reaps the benefits."
"Oh trust me, people benefited, I used your journals as one of the resources for my term paper, the teacher said it gave it an extra, more person touch to what could have been perceived as a cold subject." For the rest of their odd flight she alternated between napping and listening to firsthand accounts of all their adventures.
When they landed in Cairo Belle had to take a moment to look around. "Everything's so different. All the hotels are gone." She took another look. "It looks better this way."
"Do you want to take a look at the pyramid tonight or would you rather wait for the morning?"
"Morning is good, my head's still bothering me." Something dreadful occurred to her. "Oh God, Advil hasn't been invented yet has it?"