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Spirits in Torment
The look of the structure that had been found could be best described as a combination of pyramid and sphinx… If not much smaller than both the sphinx and any pyramid that could be named.
"Looks like something out a fairy tale." Commented Lee.
"It looks amazing!" exclaimed Tina. There was no doubt that this was the tomb of Ptah! "Can we get some workers to open it up? Where is Basil Hagen? He is quite influential!"
It took some time to find Basil. He was ultimately found talking to workers from various camps.
"And then Antony honored the dead Brutus!" He had been talking about William Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar." He gave a laugh. "There is no way one such as Marcus Brutus is one of the spirits in torment." Upon seeing Tina, Barrage and Lee, Basil knew he was needed. "Ah, so we've found something. You need me to persuade the local workers to crack open the tomb. You know they aren't permitted to do such a thing. Only foreign museums."
"So will you do it?" asked Tina.
"Of course but I ask that if I fail you still pay me. I do need a way to get out of this country after all." Basil did go to the local workers of their expedition and returned with less than half of the total of them. "On second thought, don't pay me. My powers of persuasion aren't worth the payment if they can only get you eight and not all."
"It is better than nothing." Commented Tina. "You'll be paid anyway."
Bringing the workers to the entrance of the tomb, they set to work and cracked the door open. Once open, Tina walked inside followed by Barrage and Lee. It was not a very grand tomb but what was found was the story of the life of whoever was buried here.
The hieroglyphs indicated that the story was that of a man, most likely the first to ever be buried in the Valley of the Kings. The one buried here had come even before the New Kingdom, from 1550 t0 1070 BC.
As an adult, the occupant of this tomb did indeed resemble the hieroglyphs of Ptah. It must have been Ptah it must have been! Tina was filled with unbridled joy! At long last her father's good name would be restored.