Ch 7: The Writing On The Wall
As Daniel entered the main chamber he could hear the watch alarm beeping. He smiled as Mytel walked out of her chamber. "Good morning."
Mytel was smiling as well. "Yes it is. We should begin if you must be at the Shoo'a'ma at 1000 hours." She led him through the caves until they entered a large cavern. The walls were covered in writing.
Daniel felt like a kid in a candy store. He set his pack on the floor and began walking circles around the room, studying the drawings and writings. After a few laps he stopped by Mytel. "Can you read this?"
Mytel shook her head. "No. Our knowledge of what this says has been handed down from generation to generation and most of that is just from the pictures."
Daniel nodded and thought some more, again walking in circles. After a few moments he began mumbling to himself. "Those are definitely Egyptian…and those look Babylonian…and those don't look like much of anything." He pulled a notebook out of his pack and began translating the symbols he knew. After just a few minutes he stopped. "Ando'rhet."
Mytel was confused. "What?"
Daniel was scribbling furiously in the notebook, but stopped and pointed at a symbol on the wall. "This symbol here appears in both ancient Egyptian and Babylonian writings. It stands for Ando'rhet. While she wasn't worshiped as a goddess in either culture, she was known as being a friend to the gods of both. She wasn't very outwardly powerful, but everyone from Apophis to Ra knew her…" He went back to his pack and pulled out a book. He flipped through a few pages before he found what he was looking for. "This book describes her as 'A lovely young woman with hair of gold, favoring warmer weather.'"
Daniel had nearly forgotten about Mytel's presence until she spoke again. "Ando'rhet is the queen these writings tell of?"
Daniel nodded. "And more than that. This accounts for thousands of years of Ando'rhet's life…and it could give us a clue as to what happened to her."
As Daniel entered the main chamber he could hear the watch alarm beeping. He smiled as Mytel walked out of her chamber. "Good morning."
Mytel was smiling as well. "Yes it is. We should begin if you must be at the Shoo'a'ma at 1000 hours." She led him through the caves until they entered a large cavern. The walls were covered in writing.
Daniel felt like a kid in a candy store. He set his pack on the floor and began walking circles around the room, studying the drawings and writings. After a few laps he stopped by Mytel. "Can you read this?"
Mytel shook her head. "No. Our knowledge of what this says has been handed down from generation to generation and most of that is just from the pictures."
Daniel nodded and thought some more, again walking in circles. After a few moments he began mumbling to himself. "Those are definitely Egyptian…and those look Babylonian…and those don't look like much of anything." He pulled a notebook out of his pack and began translating the symbols he knew. After just a few minutes he stopped. "Ando'rhet."
Mytel was confused. "What?"
Daniel was scribbling furiously in the notebook, but stopped and pointed at a symbol on the wall. "This symbol here appears in both ancient Egyptian and Babylonian writings. It stands for Ando'rhet. While she wasn't worshiped as a goddess in either culture, she was known as being a friend to the gods of both. She wasn't very outwardly powerful, but everyone from Apophis to Ra knew her…" He went back to his pack and pulled out a book. He flipped through a few pages before he found what he was looking for. "This book describes her as 'A lovely young woman with hair of gold, favoring warmer weather.'"
Daniel had nearly forgotten about Mytel's presence until she spoke again. "Ando'rhet is the queen these writings tell of?"
Daniel nodded. "And more than that. This accounts for thousands of years of Ando'rhet's life…and it could give us a clue as to what happened to her."
