SG-1 was left in the dark room to ponder their situation. "Well he was just a bit odd, know anything about this 'Atum' guy, Daniel?" Jack turned to Daniel.
"I'm afraid so," Daniel informed the group "In Egyptian mythology, Atum was indeed the first of the Gods. He brought all the other Gods to life with his spittle or his, uhh..." Daniel floundered.
"His what?" Carter asked.
"His sperm." Daniel resumed.
"Oh. Cool." Jack commented.
"Yes, well, it's impossible to say how much he's claiming is true. But he may well be the first Goa'uld to take a host on their original planet. And I don't think any of this is applicable to getting out of here before we're, uhhh...immolated, incinerated or what have you." Daniel resumed, and began reading the hieroglyphs.
"Good point Daniel. Any way of busting through that iris Carter?" Jack asked Sam.
"No, sir. It's solid steel. Our normal rounds won't touch it, and neither will Teal'c's weapons." Carter said dejectedly.
"Is that true Teal'c, can't your weapons bust that damn thing?" Jack turned to Teal'c.
"I would assume not, O'Neill. Major Carter probably knows what she is talking about, based on my observations she is a capable officer." Teal'c replied.
"Umm...thanks...I guess that was a compliment." Samantha told Teal'c, who gave her a small nod of his head.
"Well what the heck do those hieroglyphs say Daniel, any help there?" Jack asked Daniel, feeling their options of escape drain away.
"Yeah, about that." Daniel replied, "I've only just now translated a little bit, but what I've got reads sort of like 'All trespassers here will meet a horrible fate and succumb to unimaginable horrors as their soul is rent to shards and the lifeless husk of their body is sent irretrievably deep into the underworld'." Daniel took in a deep breath as he finished.
"Wow," Jack let out a low whistle, "Would've been nice to have known that before we came here."
"Well, sorry, I just didn't have time to get started on the translation before we came. I was reading this interesting theory on how the ancient Greek language was a derivative of a dialect of..." Daniel was going on, and on...
"Yeah, well, that's helpful" Jack cut him off. "Let's get outta this room and see if this place is as bad is it's made out to be. Not to mention get our weapons back from that pile." They moved towards their firearms, but when they came by the alien devices Atum left, Carter stopped.
"Sir, shouldn't we pick these up?" She asked.
"What? You nuts? Take the things Goa'uld-ylocks left us? We don't even know what they really are. They could be bombs, or tracking devices, or..." Jack listed.
"Yes, but sir, we may need them later." Carter protested.
"I agree with O'Neill," Teal'c stated, "The Goa'uld are devious and not to be trusted."
Daniel thought he should bring up a point. "In Egyptian mythological, Atum was not the sort who would lie. He did value honour. I don't know how much can be said about the trustworthiness of Goa'uld in general, but I do think that this one would avoid an outright lie." Daniel told Jack.
"Fine, we'll take the things. But if they blow up and we all get sent flying in bloody fruit loop sized chunks, it'll be your fault." They all took a device and put it into one of the pockets of their uniforms. Proceeding to their weapons, they rearmed themselves and prepared to explore the Labyrinth.